# Jeremiah 1:5

> “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

— Jeremiah 1:5, 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

- Psalms 139:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/139/16
- Isaiah 49:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/49/1
- Galatians 1:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/1/15
- Psalms 71:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/71/5
- Romans 8:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/8/29
- Isaiah 49:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/49/5
- Isaiah 44:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/44/2
- 2 Timothy 2:19-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/2/19

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).