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Jeremiah 1:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 1:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 1:2

Theological / Devotional

Thirteenth year. That is, 628/27 B.C., assuming that Jeremiah reckoned years from the fall; it was 627/26 if he reckoned from the spring, as some hold (see Vol. Ill, p. 93, note 7). Either date is computed from Josiah’s death in 609 (see p. 505).

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