Jeremiah 1:2

Jeremiah 1:2 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.

Context of Jeremiah 1:2

1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 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. 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 1:2 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו בִּימֵ֛י יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־אָמ֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה בִּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• To whom the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• came in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּyô'shîyâh yô'shîyâhû · JosiahH2977
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Amonאָמוֹן'âmôn · AmonH526
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• in the thirteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• in the thirteenthשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of his reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 1:2

• Jeremiah 1:4Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
• 1 Kings 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:
• Hosea 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.
• Jonah 1:1Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
• Micah 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.
• 2 Kings 21:25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
• 2 Kings 23:1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
• 2 Chronicles 35:1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 1:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Came - literally, was (and in Jeremiah 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are not on this list of kings. Each ruled for less than three months.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. Jehoiakim ... Josiah ... Zedekiah--Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are omitted for they reigned only three months each. The first and last of the kings under whom each prophet prophesied are often thus specified in the general title. See on these kings, and Jeremiah's life, my Introduction. thirteenth ... of his reign--(Jr 25:3). fifth month--(2Ki 25:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 1:2

• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Josiah
• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Disquiet
• Mad
• Thitherward
• God
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Self-Surrender

Commentaries on Jeremiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings