Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 26:1

1 IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiachim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, saying ,

The Prophesie, chap. 25. is said to have been revealed in the fourth year of Iehoiachim, this in the beginning of his Reign, which makes learned men think, it ought to have been placed before that. The affairs of the Iews were then in a very desperate condition, Pharaoh Necho King of Egypt, had overcome Iosiah and killed him in Battle, Ie[illegible: 1 letter]oa[illegible: 1 letter]az or Shallum, being made King in his stead, 2 King. 23.30. he had reigned but three Moneths, and Pharaoh Necho taketh him and imprisoneth him, and layes a Tribute upon the Land of 300 Talents of Silver and a Talent of Gold, and makes Eliakim King changing his name to Iehoiachim, v[illegible: 1 letter]r. 33, 34. Now in the beginning of this Kings Reign cometh this word of God to Ieremiah, the people being still hardened and going on in their sinful practices.