1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah [^Cperhaps the person who discovered the lost book of the law; 2 Kin. 22:4, 8–14]. ·He belonged to the family of [^L…from the] priests who lived in Anathoth [^Ca town given to the Levites a few miles northeast of Jerusalem; Josh. 21:18; 1 Kin. 2:26] in the land of Benjamin. ² The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah [^C627–626 bc; a good king who returned Israel to true worship; 2 Kin. 22:1—23:31; 2 Chr. 34–35].