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Jeremiah 1:2

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The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

KJV

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

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This verse in Jeremiah 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Came - literally, was (and in Jer 1:4); the phrase implies that Jeremiah possessed God’s word from that time onward, not fitfully as coming and going, but constantly. The thirteenth year of his reign - According to the ordinary reckoning, this would be 629 b.c., but if the Ptolemaic canon be right in putting the capture of Jerusalem at 586 b.c., it would be two years later, namely 627 b.c. However, according to the Assyrian chronology, it would be 608 b.c. It was the year after that in which Josiah began his reforms.

This site's exposition

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah

on Jeremiah 1:1-4

The book opens by naming its author twice over, the words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests of Anathoth in Benjamin, so a priest's son becomes the prophet who watches the priesthood fail. The reign markers set the whole book on a timeline that never loosens its grip, the thirteenth year of Josiah, forward through Jehoiakim, to the eleventh year of Zedekiah and the carrying away of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Forty years of ministry are compressed into these opening verses, spanning a king who tore his robes over the found law and a king who cut Jeremiah's own scroll with a penknife, before the word of the Lord comes to him directly.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הָיָ֤הit came

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • דְבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֵלָ֔יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • בִּימֵ֛יin [the] days of

    bimeiH3117 →2304 times

  • יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּJosiah

    yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָמ֖וֹןAmon

    ʾamonH526 →

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • בִּשְׁלֹשׁ־in thir-

    bishlosh-H7969 →432 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֥הteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃of reigning his

    lemalekhoH4427 →348 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

17 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.7 worksZephaniah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:6 works1 Kings 13:20While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,3 worksJeremiah 1:4The word of the LORD came to me, saying:3 worksMicah 1:1This 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:3 worksJonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,3 works
The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.3 worksHosea 1:1This 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.3 works2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.3 worksJeremiah 28:12But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:3 worksJoel 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:3 works2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.2 worksJeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.2 worksEzekiel 1:3the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.2 worksLuke 3:2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.2 works2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.2 worksJeremiah 16:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jonah 1:1

    Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

    it leads to

    • Luke 11:32

      The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

    • Luke 11:29–30

      As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

    • 2 Kings 14:25

      This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…

    • Matthew 16:4

      A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

    • Matthew 12:39–41

      Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Amos 7:8

      “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

    • Amos 8:2

      “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”

    • Zechariah 5:2

      “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 1 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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