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Jeremiah 1:3 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Jeremiah 1:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Jeremiah 1:3 (KJV)
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the ELEVENTH YEAR of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month
Commentary on Jeremiah 1:3
This verse extends Jeremiah's ministry timeline through multiple kings: Josiah, Jehoiakim, and ending in Zedekiah's eleventh year when Jerusalem fell to Babylon (586 BC). The phrase 'unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah' marks the terminus of Jeremiah's prophetic career in Judah—forty-one years of largely rejected ministry witnessing national collapse. The expression 'unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month' refers to Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, with the fifth month (Ab, July-August) being when fires consumed the city (2 Kings 25:8-...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 1:3
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“in the fourth month”
“Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign”
“and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt”
“the second Jehoiakim”
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month”
“when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon”
“when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah”
“instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim”
“in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah”