Study it in the app“And it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before YHWH for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.”
And it happenedוַיְהִיin the fifthהַחֲמִשִׁיתyearבַשָּׁנָהof Jehoiakimלִיהוֹיָקִיםsonבֶּןof Josiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהin the ninthהַתְּשִׁעִיmonth,בַּחֹדֶשׁthat they proclaimedקָרְאוּa fastצוֹםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהfor allכָּלthe peopleהָעָםin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָםand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwho cameהַבָּאִיםfrom the citiesמֵעָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהto Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishit” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsJehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yhoyakim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJosiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsninth
Ninth.
Where else “teshii” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsproclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “karu” appearsfast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
8And Baruch son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of YHWH in the house of YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.
