Jeremiah 1:2

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Came - literally, was (and in Jeremiah 1:4 ); the phrase implies that Jeremiah possessed God’s word from that time onward, not fitfully as comin...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

To whom the (d) word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. (d) This is spoken t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Title, ascribing the prophecies which follow to Jeremiah, a man of priestly descent, belonging to Anathoth (see Introduction); his prophetic activi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 pries...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He begins in the second verse to speak of his calling. (8) It would have, indeed, been to little purpose, had he said that he came forth and b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. Unto whom the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Inscription. B. C. 629. 1 The word...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

to whom Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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