“Question & Answer”

Question:
How does Jeremiah date his ministry?
Answer:

It reads in Jeremiah 1:1-3 KJV> The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
So, Jeremiah began his ministry in 626 B.C., the thirteenth year of the reign of King Josiah. He continued to preach until after the downfall of Jerusalem in approximately 586 B.C. His ministry ended sometime around 582 BC with his prophecy to the Jews who fled to Egypt.