Jeremias 1:2

2 as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Jeremias 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 1:2

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah
This was the beginning of the prophecy of Jeremiah, so that he prophesied long after Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah; for this king was the son of Amon king of Judah,
which Amon was the son of Manasseh; the Septuagint and Arabic versions wrongly call him Amos; and Jeremiah began to prophesy in the thirteenth year of his reign:
in the twenty first of Josiah's age, for he began to reign when he was eight years old, and he reigned eighteen years after, for he reigned in all thirty one years; and it was five years after this that the book of the law was found by Hilkiah the high priest, ( 2 Kings 22:3 ) .

Jeremias 1:2 In-Context

1 The word of God which came to Jeremias the of Chelcias, of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

2 as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

3 And it was in the days of Joakim, son of Josias king of Juda, until the eleventh year of Sedekias king of Juda, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

4 And the word of the Lord came to him, ,

5 Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.