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A Puzzling Date
Most commentators note a textual issue here. The verse names King Jehoiakim, but the events described in the chapter clearly occur during the reign of King Zedekiah, years later. Scholars suggest this is likely a copyist's error, a conclusion supported by some ancient translations that read 'Zedekiah' instead.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 27:1
18th Century
Theologian
Of Jehoiakim - Really, of Zedekiah, as the Syriac reads (). In the Septuagint the verse is missing. Some scribe has confused the title of th…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 27:1
19th Century
Bishop
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim. The mention of Zedekiah's name as king of Judah in Jeremiah 27:3 shows that the Hebrew…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 27:1–5
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 27:1
17th Century
Pastor
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah
This is th…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 27:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of…