Jeremiah 1:1-2

The Call of Jeremiah

¹ The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one _a of the priests who were in _b Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, ² to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of _c Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in _d the thirteenth year of his reign.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 1:3
   The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 29:27
   Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
   Jeremiah 32:7
   Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.
   Joshua 21:18
   Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands - four cities.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Kings 22:1
   Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
   2 Kings 23:1 - 30
   Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 25:3
   For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
   Jeremiah 36:2
   Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.