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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- BSB The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah's call came under good King Josiah, framing his ministry's start. It sets the political backdrop of his decades-long work.
Overview
The word of Yahweh first came to Jeremiah in Josiah's thirteenth year (about 627 BC), during Judah's last reforming king. This timing places Jeremiah at a hopeful yet fragile moment, before the nation's final slide into judgment. That God's word came at a set time underscores that prophecy is His initiative, not human invention.
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Cross-references · 10
- Jer 1:11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
- Hos 1:1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
- Jer 1:4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Mic 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
- Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
- 1 Kgs 13:20And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
- 2 Kgs 21:24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
- 2 Chr 34:1–33Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
- Jer 36:2Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
- Jer 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
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