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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15616" /> ==

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15616" /> ==

<p> 1. The son of Neriah, of a distinguished family in the tribe of Judah. [[He]] was the faithful friend of Jeremiah. [[About]] 605 B. C. he wrote down, from the lips of Jeremiah, all the divine messages to that prophet, and subsequently read them to the people, and again to certain princes. These last took the book, and soon made known its contents to king Jehoiakim, who impiously destroyed it. [[Baruch]] wrote it down a second time as before, with some additions, [[Jeremiah]] 36:1 - 32 . </p> <p> He is supposed by some to have accompanied his brother [[Seraiah]] to Babylon, with the predictions of Jeremiah respecting that city, Jeremiah 51:59-64 . He afterwards shared the persecution of the prophet, was imprisoned with him, and forced to go to [[Egypt]] with the rebellious Jews, Jeremiah 43:1-13 . After the death of Jeremiah, the rabbins say, he returned to Babylon. An apocryphal book is ascribed to him. </p> <p> 2. [[Another]] Baruch is mentioned among the friends of Nehemiah, [[Nehemiah]] 3:20 10:6 11:5 . </p>

<p> 1. The son of Neriah, of a distinguished family in the tribe of Judah. [[He]] was the faithful friend of Jeremiah. [[About]] 605 B. C. he wrote down, from the lips of Jeremiah, all the divine messages to that prophet, and subsequently read them to the people, and again to certain princes. These last took the book, and soon made known its contents to king Jehoiakim, who impiously destroyed it. [[Baruch]] wrote it down a second time as before, with some additions, [[Jeremiah]] 36:1 - 32 . </p> <p> He is supposed by some to have accompanied his brother [[Seraiah]] to Babylon, with the predictions of Jeremiah respecting that city, Jeremiah 51:59-64 . He afterwards shared the persecution of the prophet, was imprisoned with him, and forced to go to [[Egypt]] with the rebellious Jews, Jeremiah 43:1-13 . After the death of Jeremiah, the rabbins say, he returned to Babylon. An apocryphal book is ascribed to him. </p> <p> 2. [[Another]] Baruch is mentioned among the friends of Nehemiah, [[Nehemiah]] 3:20 10:6 11:5 . </p>