2, 3. Jehoiakim . . . Josiah . . . Zedekiah--Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin
are omitted for they reigned only three months each. The first and last
of the kings under whom each prophet prophesied are often thus specified
in the general title. See on these kings, and Jeremiah's life, my
Introduction.
thirteenth . . . of his reign--
(Jer 25:3).
fifth month--
(2Ki 25:8).
JFB.
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