Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsNow the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,
Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile