Jeremiah
the prophet (2CH 36:12), son of Hilkiah (JER 1:1)
PersonTribe of Levimale124 verses
Names
- Jeremiah — יִרְמְיָהוּ yirəmyahu “y-h-v-h loosens [the womb]; y-h-v-h lifts up; [poss.] y-h-v-h shoots, establishes” (H3414) · Ιερεμιου Ieremiou (G2408) — 2 Chronicles 35:25
Associations
- nephew of Shallum (father of Hanamel, Jeremiah's uncle) (inferred)
- cousin of Shallum (father of Hanamel, Jeremiah's uncle) (inferred)
Dated events
- Jeremiah's time as prophet began during the reign of Josiah — 3,335 AH · 629 BC (Ussher) — Jeremiah 1:1
- Jeremiah prophesies about Nebuchadnezzar — 3,357 AH · 607 BC (Ussher) — Jeremiah 25:1
- Jeremiah's time as prophet ended during the reign of Zedekiah* — 3,376 AH · 589 BC (Ussher) — Jeremiah 1:3
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Anathoth — Jeremiah's time as prophet began during the reign of Josiah (Jeremiah 1:1)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Babylon 1 — 17 shared verses
- Jerusalem — 11 shared verses
- Egypt — 5 shared verses
- Chaldea — 4 shared verses
- Benjamin Gate — 3 shared verses
- Pathros — 2 shared verses
- Persia — 2 shared verses
- Tahpanhes — 2 shared verses
- Elam — 1 shared verse
- Gaza — 1 shared verse
- Kiriath-jearim — 1 shared verse
- Memphis — 1 shared verse
and 6 further places named alongside this person.