Jer 32:1 | NET2full | STEP | In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the Lord spoke to Jeremiah . That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar .

‏ Jeremiah 32:1

Jeremiah Buys a Field

1 In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ^{▼▼tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of…” See 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1; 30:1 for this same formula.} ^{▼▼sn The dating formulas indicate that the date was 588/87 b.c. Zedekiah had begun to reign in 598/97, and Nebuchadnezzar had begun to reign in 605/604 b.c. The dating of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule here includes the partial year before he was officially crowned on New Year’s day. See the translator’s note on 25:1 for the method of dating a king’s reign.} That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.