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Jeremiah 28:1
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon addresses Jeremiah in the house of the LORD before the priests and all the people. This occurs in the fifth month of the fourth year, near the beginning of King Zedekiah’s reign in Judah.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּ/רֵאשִׁית֙ (be./re.Shit) literally means "in [the] beginning of," anchoring the declaration to a specific political transition. This temporal marker establishes the exact chronological starting point of Zedekiah’s rule.
The thread — Jeremiah 27:1 dates a prior oracle to the beginning of Zedekiah’s reign, creating a direct chronological parallel. Joshua 9:3 records the Gibeonites’ earlier encounter with Israel, while Isaiah 9:15 identifies a prophet who teaches lies as a tail.
Why it lands — The text places a public prophetic claim at a fragile political moment, requiring immediate verification against established messages. A reader must test the declaration against prior divine communication rather than accept its public setting as proof.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 27:1 At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
- Joshua 9:3 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Isaiah 9:15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Jeremiah 23:28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:12 And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
- Jeremiah 28:11 And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
- Jeremiah 36:12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- Zechariah 13:2 And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.