“Yahweh’s word“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.”
— WEB
Jeremiah 1:2
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“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.”
— KJV
“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.”
— ASV
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Commentary
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).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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