Jeremiah 1:3
2-3. 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--(Jr 25:3). fifth month--(2Ki 25:8).
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