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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 1:3
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah, etc.] In the beginning of his reign, and in the fourth year of his reign; (see <242501>Jeremiah 25:1 26:1 27:1 35:1 36:1), no mention is made of Jehoahaz, who reigned between Josiah and Jehoiakim, because his reign was short, but three months, (<122331>2 Kings 23:31), and perhaps no word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in his time, though it did before and after: unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah; so that Jeremiah must prophesy in the land of Judea upwards of forty years; eighteen under Josiah, (<122211>2 Kings 22:11), three months under Jehoahaz, (<122331>2 Kings 23:31) eleven years under Jehoiakim, (<122336>2 Kings 23:36), three months under Jeconiah, (<122408>2 Kings 24:8), and eleven years under Zedekiah, when the city was besieged and taken, (<122502>2 Kings 25:2,3). Josiah had three sons as kings of Judah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, under all whom Jeremiah prophesied: even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month: the month Ab, which answers to part of July and part of August; and it was on the ninth or tenth day of this month that the city of Jerusalem was burnt, and the people carried captive, (<122508>2 Kings 25:8,9 <245212>Jeremiah 52:12,13) the ninth of the said month is now kept by the Jews as a fast on that account.
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