Date 

Passage in Jeremiah 

Comments/description 

Josiah’s 13^th year 

1:2; (25:3) 

As a young man, Jeremiah starts prophesying (when Josiah was 21).

Jehoiakim’s 4^th  year (Nebuchadnezzar’s 1^st year)

25:1-3;

36:1; 

45:1;

46:2 

Jeremiah warns of 70 years of banishment for Judah followed by the punishment of Babylon.  God’s cup of wrath.  Baruch writing all the words God had said on a scroll for Jeremiah.  Baruch told he would escape the destruction of Judah with his life.  A message to Pharaoh Neco. 

Jehoiakim’s 5^th  year, 9^th month 

36:9 

Baruch reads Jeremiah’s scroll first to the people, and then to King Jehoiakim who cuts it up and burns it. 

Nebuchadnezzar’s 7^th year (Jehoiachin’s 3^rd month) 

52:28 

3,023 Jews into captivity (probably including Ezekiel).  Jeremiah 25:1 (see above) tells us that Jehoiakim’s 7^th year was Nebuchadnezzar’s 1^st year.

Zedekiah’s 4^th year 

51:59 

Jeremiah sends letter/scroll to Babylon.

Zedekiah’s  4^th year, 5^th month 

28:1 

False prophet Hananiah prophesied Babylon would be broken in 2 years.

Zedekiah’s 4^th year, 7^th month 

28:17 

False prophet Hananiah dies.

Zedekiah’s 9^th year, 10^th month (10^th day) 

39:1; (52:4) 

Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem.

Zedekiah’s 10^th year 

(Nebuchadnezzar’s 18^th year) 

32:1; (52:29) 

832 more Jews taken into captivity.

Zedekiah’s 11^th year, 4^th month, 9^th day 

39:2; 52:5-9 

Zedekiah captured, Jerusalem defeated.

Zedekiah’s 11^th year, 5^th month, 10^th day 

52:12 

Temple and every important building in Jerusalem destroyed.

Nebuchadnezzar’s 23^rd year

(5 years after Jerusalem destroyed) 

52:30 

745 more Jews taken into captivity.

Jeconiah’s (Jehoiachin’s) exile: 37^th year, 12^th month, 25^th day (26 years after Jerusalem destroyed) 

52:31 

Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) freed from prison.  Evil-merodach became king of Babylon in that year.