Josiah
31 years (2 Kgs 22:1) (640-609)
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13th year of Josiah’s rule
(627)—Jeremiah’s ministry begins (1:3; cf. 25:3)
3:6 threat of judgment
(18th year of Josiah’s rule [622]—Hilkiah
finds law [Deut] in temple [2 Kgs 22:3, 8])
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Jehoahaz (Shallum)
3 months (2 Kgs 23:31) (609)
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22:11 a word concerning Shallum
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Jehoiakim (Eliakim)
11 years (2 Kgs 23:36) (609-598)
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26:1 temple sermon at the beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim [two versions of temple sermon in 26:1-6 and 7:2-8:3]
25:1 a word against Judah in the 4th year
of Jehoiakim
36:1 a scroll in the 4th year of
Jehoiakim
45:1 a scroll in the 4th year of
Jehoiakim (605 when Babylon bested Egypt at the battle of Carchemish, north
of Palestine [46:2])
36:9 reading the scroll in the 5th year
of Jehoiakim
([c. 605]—Deportation of children of nobility [Dan
1:1])
35:1 the example of the Rechabite in the days of
Jehoiakim (time unspecified)
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Jehoiachin (Coniah)
3 months (2 Kgs 24:8; cf.
25:27-30) (598-597)
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22:14, 24 a word against Coniah (time unspecified)
(8th year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule [597]—besieged
Jerusalem and took captive Jehoiachin and other rulers [2 Kgs 24:12])
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Zedekiah (Mattaniah)
11 years (2 Kgs 24:18) (597-86)
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27:1;
28:1 a word and the sign of the yoke at the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah
29:1 letter of Jeremiah to the exiles from Jerusalem,
after exile of Jehoiachin
24:1 a word against Zedekiah and the officials and
remnant of Jerusalem after Jehoiachin had been exiled
51:59 a scroll from Jeremiah for Seraiah (brother of
Baruch cf. 32:12; 36:14) to deliver in Babylon in the fourth year of Zedekiah
when he went to Babylon
20:1 Pashhur responds to Jeremiah’s message in Jer
19; 21:1 the word comes to Jeremiah when Pashhur tries to persuade Zedekiah
to rebel against Babylon [Jer 21:2 likely refers to events of 2 Kgs
18:13-19:37]
34:1-7 a warning for Zedekiah weeks before the siege
of Jerusalem
37:1-10 (Jer 38) a word comes to Jeremiah when
Jehucal and Zephaniah come to Jeremiah on behalf of the king to request prayer
(Jer 38 may be an alternate account of the events of Jer 37)
34:8-22 a word of judgment after the covenant to
release slaves was reversed
37:11-21 Jeremiah’s meeting with Zedekiah (as noted
above, Jer 38 may be an alternate account of the events of Jer 37)
39:15-18 a word during Jeremiah’s imprisonment
(continued from 38:27)
34:1 a warning for Zedekiah weeks before the siege
of Jerusalem
32:1 10th year of Zedekiah during the
siege of Jerusalem
33:1 (cf. 32:2) another word during Jeremiah’s
imprisonment
39:1-14; Jer 52 narrative of the fall of Jerusalem
beginning in 9th year of Zedekiah, (cf. 2 Kgs 25) (19th
year of Nebuchadnezzar [5th month, 4th day, 586 BCE])
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[Governor Gedaliah]
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40-41 narrative of Jeremiah’s release at Ramah (cf.
40:1; 31:15) and accompaniment of Gedaliah to Mizpah (40:6)
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42-44 narrative of flight to Egypt by remnant, and
Jeremiah
(52 is an appendix, see 51:64; last part of chapter 52:31-34 in 27th year of exile during the reign of
Evil-merodach of Babylon [562-560]—Jehoiachin released within Babylon [2 Kgs
25:27])
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