Jeremiah 1:3
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 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.
It 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.
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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- BSB
- and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
- KJV
- It 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.
- WEB
- It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- ASV
- It 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.
- DARBY
- it 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.
- BLB
- And it came to pass in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
- ÅB
- og siden i de dager da Jojakim, Josias' sønn, var konge i Juda, inntil enden av Judas konge Sedekias', Josias' sønns ellevte år, da Jerusalems innbyggere ble bortført i den femte måned.
- OTB
- Det kom også under regjeringen til Jojakim, sønn av Josjia, konge av Juda, inntil den femte måneden i det ellevte året til Sidkia, sønn av Josjia, konge av Juda, da folket i Jerusalem gikk i eksil.
- B1930
- og siden i de dager da Jojakim, Josias' sønn, var konge i Juda, inntil enden av Judas konge Sedekias', Josias' sønns ellevte år, da Jerusalems innbyggere blev bortført i den femte måned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 39:2
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
Read in context2 Kings 23:34
And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:5–8
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Read in contextZechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Read in contextJeremiah 21:1–14
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Read in contextJeremiah 34:1–35:19
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:11–21
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 26:1–24
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
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