Jeremiah 1:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	בִּימֵ֨י bi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Jehoiakim	יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים ye.ho.ya.Kim	H3079	Jehojakim · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Josiah	יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ yo.shi.Ya.hu	H2977	Joshijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
end	תֹּם֙ tom	H8552	to complete · verb, qal infinitive construct
eleventh	עַשְׁתֵּ֣י 'ash.Tei	H6249	eleven or (ordinal) eleventh · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
year	שָׁנָ֔ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Zedekiah	לְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ le.tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Josiah	יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu	H2977	Joshijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
away	גְּל֥וֹת ge.Lot	H1540	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · verb, qal infinitive construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
captive	גָּלָה gâlâh	H1540	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)
fifth	הַחֲמִישִֽׁי ha.cha.mi.Shi	H2549	fifth · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ ba.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 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…
2 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…
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.
Zechariah 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 sev…
2 Kings 24:1-9 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Kings 24:17-25:30 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
1 Chronicles 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
2 Chronicles 36:11-21 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 1:1-3

We have here as much as it was thought fit we should know of the genealogy of this prophet and the chronology of this prophecy. 1. We are told what family the prophet was of. He was the son of Hilkiah, not that Hilkiah, it is supposed, who was high priest in Josiah's time (for then he would have been called so, and not, as here, one of the priests that were in Anathoth), but another of the same name. Jeremiah signifies one raised up by the Lord. It is said of Christ that he is a prophet whom the Lord our God raised up unto us, Deu 18:15, Deu 18:18. He was of the priests, and, as a priest, was authorized and appointed to teach the people; but to that authority and appointment God added the ex…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 1:2

Jehoiakim . . . Josiah . . . Zedekiah--Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are omitted for they reigned only three months each. The first and last of the kings under whom each prophet prophesied are often thus specified in the general title. See on these kings, and Jeremiah's life, my Introduction. thirteenth . . . of his reign-- (Jer 25:3). fifth month-- (Kg2 25:8).

John Gill on Jeremiah 1:3

And it came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah,.... In the beginning of his reign, and in the fourth year of his reign; see Jeremiah 25:1, no mention is made of Jehoahaz, who reigned between Josiah and Jehoiakim, because his reign was short, but three months, 2 Kings 23:31, and perhaps no word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in his time, though it did before and after: unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah; so that Jeremiah must prophesy in the land of Judea upwards of forty years; eighteen under Josiah, 2 Kings 22:11, three months under Jehoahaz, 2 Kings 23:31 eleven years under Jehoiakim, 2 Kings 23:36, three months under Je…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 1:1-3

Jeremiah 1:1-3 1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1. Verba Jeremiae filii Helkiae, ex sacerdotibus qui erant in Anathoth, in terra 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. 2. Nempe ('sr explicative hic ponitur) fecit sermo Jehovae ad ipsum, in diebus Josiea, filii Amon, regis Jehudah, decimo tertio anno regm ejus; 3. 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…

Dictionary and topics

Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 1:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 1:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 1:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 1:3

John Calvin on Jeremiah 1:1-3

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Jeremiah 1:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 1:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 1:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 1:3

John Calvin on Jeremiah 1:1-3

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 1:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 1:2-3

Rashi on Jeremiah 1:3