The word — That commission from God that authorized him to his prophetic work, for the space of forty — one years successively in Judea, viz. from the 13th year of Josiah to the 11th year of Zedekiah, besides the time that he prophesied in Egypt. In the days — During his reign. Thirteenth — By which it appears that Jeremiah prophesied the last eighteen years of Josiah's reign; for he reigned thirty — one years, 2 Kings 22:1.
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Jeremiah 1:2
2 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.