*Jer 52:4a Hebrew on the tenth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This day was January 15, 588 B.C.
*Jer 52:7b Hebrew the Arabah.
*Jer 52:13 Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
*Jer 52:14 Or Chaldean.
*Jer 52:21a Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.5 meters] in circumference.
*Jer 52:21b Hebrew 4 fingers thick [8 centimeters].
*Jer 52:22 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].
*Jer 52:28 This exile in the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 597 B.C.
*Jer 52:29 This exile in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 586 B.C.
*Jer 52:30 This exile in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 581 B.C.
*Jer 52:31a Hebrew He raised the head of.
*Jer 52:31b Hebrew on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was March 31, 561 B.C.; also see note on 52:4a.