# Jeremiah 1:4

> The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

— Jeremiah 1:4, 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

- Ezekiel 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/16
- Ezekiel 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/3
- Jeremiah 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).