Jeremiah 35:1

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“This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:”

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“This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 35:1 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 23:35So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
  2. 2 Kings 24:1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
  4. Jeremiah 1:3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
  5. Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
  6. Jeremiah 25:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  7. Jeremiah 26:1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
  8. Jeremiah 36:1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  9. Jeremiah 36:9Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
  10. Jeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
  11. Jeremiah 46:2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
  12. Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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