Jeremiah and the Reign of Jehoiakim. 

        The long list of chapters in the footnote is only approxi­mately correct. Shorter portions in 7-20 and 46-49:33 may be from the time of Zedekiah, while portions of 30-31 may well be from that of Jehoiakim. But these minor doubts cannot obscure the fact that the major part of Jeremiah’s prophetic activity took place at this time. If what we have written above is at all correct, Jeremiah did not come prominently into the public eye so long as Josiah lived. No sooner had Jehoia-fum settled himself firmly on the throne than Jeremiah stepped into the limelight and stayed there, the best-hated man in the Kingdom. We cannot understand what happened without a study Of the historical background.