The year is 605 BCE. It’s Jehoiakim’s 4th year and Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st. After defeating the Assyrians at Charchemish, the Babylonians pushed Egypt out of Judea, subjugated the King of Judah, and took captives.
Meanwhile, Jeremiah is told to record all the words the LORD has spoken to him for the previous twenty-three years.
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