Jeremiah 1:2

"The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign."

Key Reflection

This phrase indicates that God's prophetic calling came during a time of religious reform under King Josiah, suggesting a context where spiritual revival was underway. The timing highlights the contrast between divine authority and human kingship, emphasizing Jeremiah’s role as a prophet amidst significant historical and theological shifts in Judah.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Came -literally, was (and inJeremiah 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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