How did I not know...

...that the prophet Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah? Hilkiah was the high priest during the reign of King Josiah (one of the righteous kings of Judah). As 2 Kings 22–23 relates, he found the long-ignored Book of the Law in the temple and helped restore true worship in Judah.

Jeremiah 1:1–3 says that Jeremiah started prophesying during the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign, which was before his father found the Book of the Law. He was probably a young man, maybe just barely entering manhood. When Jeremiah said to the L-rd, "Ah, L-rd G-d! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth" (Jeremiah 1:6), I wonder if he was afraid of how his father would react. I mean, take a look at the first prophecy Jeremiah speaks in 1:14–19. That's heavy stuff for the young son of the high priest to be saying, especially when there wasn't revival and repentance in the land yet.

I don't know. I found it interesting. I gotta get back to work.