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Baruch

בָּרוּךְ · ba.rukh · H1263J“who is blessed” Hitchcock's 186921 mentions, all in Jeremiah
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Who he was

Baruch, son of Neriah, was the faithful scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah. He played a significant role in recording and delivering Jeremiah's prophecies to the people of Judah. In Jeremiah 36, Baruch wrote down Jeremiah's words on a scroll and read them in the temple, as the prophet was restricted from going there himself. When King Jehoiakim destroyed the scroll, Baruch rewrote the prophecies with additional messages from Jeremiah. Baruch also served as a witness to Jeremiah's purchase of a field, symbolizing God's promise of future restoration (Jeremiah 32:12–16). He accompanied Jeremiah to Egypt after the fall of Jerusalem, despite the prophet's warnings (Jeremiah 43:3–6). In Jeremiah 45, God spoke directly to Baruch, reassuring him of divine protection amidst the impending judgment on Judah. Baruch's unwavering support for Jeremiah, even in the face of opposition and personal risk, demonstrates his commitment to God's message and his loyalty to the prophet.

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Every mention

21 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Jeremiah 21 mentions

Jeremiah 32:12and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the…Jeremiah 32:13“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,Jeremiah 32:16Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,Jeremiah 36:4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.Jeremiah 36:5Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted. I can’t go into Yahweh’s house.Jeremiah 36:8Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book Yahweh’s words in Yahweh’s house.Jeremiah 36:10Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in Yahweh’s house, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s…Jeremiah 36:13Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.Jeremiah 36:14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of…Jeremiah 36:15They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.Jeremiah 36:16Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”Jeremiah 36:17They asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?”Jeremiah 36:18Then Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”Jeremiah 36:19Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”Jeremiah 36:26The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.Jeremiah 36:27Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,Jeremiah 36:32Then Jeremiah took another scroll, 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…Jeremiah 43:3but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon.”Jeremiah 43:6the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah…Jeremiah 45:1The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah…Jeremiah 45:2“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

What the dictionary says

Blessed.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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