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Baruch

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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1. Son of Zabbai: he helped to build the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 3:20 .

2. A priest who sealed the covenant. Nehemiah 10:6 .

3. Father of Maaseiah who returned from exile. Nehemiah 11:5 .

4. Son of Neriah, and faithful secretary to Jeremiah. He was eventually carried with Jeremiah into Egypt. Jeremiah 32:12-16; Jeremiah 36:4-32; Jeremiah 43:3,6; Jeremiah 45:1,2 .

BARUCH, BOOK OF. This forms part of the O.T. Apocrypha, though its professed author is Baruch, the friend and secretary of Jeremiah. It relates that the Jews in Babylon sent a deputation to Jerusalem with money for sacrifices, and requested that prayers might be offered for Nebuchadnezzar and his son Belshazzar. It confesses that their sufferings were in consequence of their sins. It points to the sin ofneglectingthe source of wisdom, and exhorts to a return. It laments over Jerusalem; but exults in its future blessing. It ends with an Epistle of Jeremiah to those who were to be led captive into Babylon, warning them against the idols they would find there. It is generally agreed that the book was not written by its assumed author, but there is great diversity of opinion as to its probable date: some placing it B.C. 160, and others not till B.C. 79-69.

Bibliography Information
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Baruch'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​b/baruch.html. 1897.
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