# 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,

— Jeremiah 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 627 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 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 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/13/20
- Jeremiah 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/4
- Jeremiah 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/11
- Hosea 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/1/1
- Jonah 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/1/1
- Micah 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/1/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).