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,”

Jeremiah 1:2

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Jeremiah opens with a title naming when his ministry began. He was a priest from Anathoth whose prophetic work stretched across the final decades of Judah before the Babylonian exile.

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Jeremiah 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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 (BBE)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

La palabra de Jehová que fué á él en los días de Josías hijo de Amón, rey de Judá, en el año décimotercio de su reinado.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Recibió el primero de los mensajes de parte de Dios en el año trece del reinado de Josías, hijo de Amón, rey de Judá.

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Jeremiah 1:2

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