Baruch
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.
So Baruch read [it] in their ears....
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Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the
scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of
Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides
unto them many like words....
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Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the
house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of
Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the
new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people....
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(Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ, Modern Barukh Tiberian Bārûḵ ; "Blessed") has
been a given name among Jews from Biblical times up to the
present, on some occasions also used as surname. It is also
found, though more rarely, among Christians - particularly
among Protestants who use Old Testament names.
Except for its use as a name, this is also related to
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ba'-ruk, bar'-uk (baruk; Barouch, "blessed"):
(1) Son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah, King Zedekiah's
chamberlain (Jer 51:59). He was the devoted friend (Jer
32:12), the amanuensis (36:4 ff,32) and faithful attendant
(36:10 ff; Josephus, Ant, X, vi, 2) of the prophet Jeremiah.
He seems to have been of noble family (see Ant, X, ix, 1;
compare...
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1. An amanuensis (copyist) of Jeremiah
Jer 32:12-16; 36:4-32; 43:3-6; 45:1,2
-2. Son of Labai
Ne 3:20; 10:6
-3. A descendant of Pharez
Ne 11:5...
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(blessed).
1. Son of Neriah, the friend, Jer 32:12 amanuensis,
Jer 26:4-32 and faithful attendant of Jeremiah. Jer 36:10 ff.
(B.C. 603.) He was of a noble family, comp. Jer 51:59 Bar.
1:1, and of distinguished acquirements. His enemies accused
him of influencing Jeremiah in favor of the Chaldaeans, Jer
43:3 cf. Jere 27:13
and he was imprison...
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blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12;
36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him
Jeremiah
dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of
the
Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the
people from
a window in the temple in the fourth year of the
reign of
Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He after...
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("blessed, Benedict".) Neriah's son, Jeremiah's (Jeremiah
32:12; Jeremiah 36:4-32) steadfast attendant and amanuensis;
brother to Seraiah, of princely family (Jeremiah 51:59) and
position. He was the friend to whom Jeremiah in prison
entrusted the papers of the purchase of his uncle's field at
Anathoth, the year before Jerusalem's destruction,...
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