Jeremiah 1:2
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 627 BC
WHEN
627 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
SOURCES
- date — Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
SEE ALSO
- 1 Kings 13:20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
- Jeremiah 1:4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
- Jeremiah 1:11 And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Hosea 1:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
- Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- Micah 1:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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