the word of the LORD came. It is remarkable that, in the four longer prophets, this formula is almost entirely confined to the two who were priests (Jeremiah and Ezekiel). See App-82. Compare Genesis 15:1. 1Sa 9:27. 1 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 7:4. 2Sa 24:11. 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Chronicles 17:3. 1Ch 22:8. 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:7; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 14:12.Hosea 1:1.Joel 1:1, &c.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Josiah. Three kings named here and in Jeremiah 1:3. Two others not named here (Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin), who reigned only three months each (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:8).
thirteenth year.. year after Josiah began his reformation (2 Chronicles 34:3). (618 B.C. See App-50.) Sixty-six years after Isaiah ended. For the chronology of Jeremiah, see App-77 and App-83. From 2 Chronicles 34:22. Jeremiah was probably still at Anathoth.