Jeremiah 26:1

When Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king, this word came from the Lord, saying,

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In The King James Version

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

In Context

2This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:15And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

Jeremiah 1:3And it came again in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; till Jerusalem was taken away in the fifth month.

Jeremiah 27:1When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Jeremiah 36:1Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:1

As in the history of the Acts of the Apostles that of their preaching and that of their suffering are interwoven, so it is in the account we have of the prophet Jeremiah; witness this chapter, where we are told, I. How faithfully he preached, ver. 1-6 . II. How spitefully he was persecuted for so doing by the priests and the prophets, ver. 7-11 . III. How bravely he stood to his doctrine, in the face of his persecutors, ver. 12-15 . IV. How wonderfully he was protected and delivered by the prudence of the princes… Read the whole commentary →

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