Jeremiah 29:2

God's Word

(This was after King Jehoiakin  and his mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and metal workers left Jerusalem.)

Cross References

2 Kings 20:18

Some of your own descendants will be taken away. They will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

2 Kings 9:32

Looking up at the window, he asked, “Is anyone on my side? Anyone?” Then two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads.”

Jeremiah 24:1

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took Jehoiakin  (son of King Jehoiakim of Judah), the princes of Judah, the skilled workers, and the builders from Jerusalem into captivity and brought them to Babylon. After this, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs set in front of the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah 28:4

I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon, declares the Lord. So I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 29:20

So listen to the Lord’s word, all you captives who were sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 38:7

But an official in the royal palace, Ebed Melech from Sudan, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at Benjamin Gate.

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in the entire land of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.