c. 627 BCE

Jeremiah Begins His Prophecy

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The Prophet Jeremiah began his prophecy around the time that King Josiah was purging Judah of its idols, circa 627 BCE

Jeremiah 1:2-3

The word of the L-RD came to Jeremiah in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, and throughout the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when Jerusalem went into exile.

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Jeremiah 1:2-3

The word of the L-RD came to Jeremiah in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, and throughout the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when Jerusalem went into exile (in Babylonia and Egypt).

יִרְמְיָהוּ א', ב-ג:

"אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־ה' אֵלָ֔יו (יִרְמְיָהוּ) בִּימֵ֛י יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־אָמ֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה בִּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃ וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵ֨י יְהֽוֹיָקִ֤ים בֶּן־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַד־תֹּם֙ עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה עַד־גְּל֥וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִֽׁי (בְּבָבֶל וּבְמִצְרַיִם)."

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