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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Josiah;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;   Time;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - God;   Jehoiakim;   Jeremiah;   Josiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Inspiration of Scripture;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amon ;   Bel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - God;   Jeremiah (2);   Josiah;   Self-Surrender;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Yoshiyahu the son of Amon, king of Yehudah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
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 Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah.
Amplified Bible
to whom the word of the LORD came during the thirteenth year (627 B.C.) of the reign of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
World English Bible
to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To whom the worde of the Lorde came in the dayes of Iosiah the sonne of Amon King of Iudah in the thirteenth yeere of his reigne:
Legacy Standard Bible
to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Berean Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord first spoke to me in the thirteenth year that Josiah was king of Judah,
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to him during the days of Yoshiyahu the son of Amon, king of Y'hudah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Darby Translation
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;
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah in the 13th year that Josiah, son of Amon, was king of the nation of Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, the king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
when the LORDE had first spoken with him, in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda, in the xiij yeare of his kingdome:
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
To whom the word of the Lord came in the dayes of Iosiah the sonne of Amon king of Iudah, in the thirteenth yeere of his reigne.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the Lorde had first spoken with hym in the tyme of Iosiah the sonne of Amon kyng of Iuda, in the .xiij. yere of his raigne:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
accordingly as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the word of the Lord was maad to hym in the daies of Josie, the sone of Amon, kyng of Juda, in the threttenethe yeer of his rewme.
Update Bible Version
to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 English Translation
The Lord began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.
New King James Version
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
The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his rule.
New Revised Standard
to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
unto whom came the word of Yahweh, in the days of Josiah son of Amen king of Judah, - in the thirteenth year of his reign;
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josi'ah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Young's Literal Translation
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,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

1 This book is the account of what was said by Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests of the town of Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah, 3 and he spoke to him again when Josiah's son Jehoiakim was king. After that, the Lord spoke to him many times, until the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah. In the fifth month of that year the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Jeremiah 1:4, Jeremiah 1:11, 1 Kings 13:20, Hosea 1:1, Jonah 1:1, Micah 1:1

in the days: 2 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 21:26, 2 Kings 22:1 - 2 Kings 23:37, 2 Chronicles 34:1 - 2 Chronicles 35:27

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:8 - the eighteenth Jeremiah 16:1 - The word Jeremiah 25:3 - thirteenth Jeremiah 28:12 - General Jeremiah 30:1 - General Jeremiah 36:2 - from the day Ezekiel 1:3 - word Joel 1:1 - word Zephaniah 1:1 - in the days Matthew 1:10 - Josias Luke 3:2 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
Genesis 1:14
Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;
Job 26:7
God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.
Job 26:14
But these are only hints of his power, only the whispers that we have heard. Who can know how truly great God is?
Psalms 33:6
The Lord created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.
Isaiah 45:18
The Lord created the heavens— he is the one who is God! He formed and made the earth— he made it firm and lasting. He did not make it a desolate waste, but a place for people to live. It is he who says, "I am the Lord , and there is no other god.
Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate! Hearts melt with fear; knees tremble, strength is gone; faces grow pale.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah,.... This was the beginning of the prophecy of Jeremiah, so that he prophesied long after Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah; for this king was

the son of Amon king of Judah, which Amon was the son of Manasseh; the Septuagint and Arabic versions wrongly call him Amos; and Jeremiah began to prophesy

in the thirteenth year of his reign: in the twenty first of Josiah's age, for he began to reign when he was eight years old, and he reigned eighteen years after, for he reigned in all thirty one years; and it was five years after this that the book of the law was found by Hilkiah the high priest, 2 Kings 22:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Came - 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 608 b.c. It was the year after that in which Josiah began his reforms.


 
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