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Jeremiah 1:2

What does Jeremiah 1:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 1:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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 rule.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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;

Context

v.1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

v.2This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:1

    Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 36:2

    Take 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.

  • Jeremiah 1:4

    Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • Jeremiah 25:3

    From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

  • 1 Kings 13:20

    And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;

  • Micah 1:1

    The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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