Jeremiah 36:10

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁹Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah. ¹⁰From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.¹¹When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, ¹²he went down to the scribe's chamber in the king's palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. ¹³And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people. ¹⁴Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, "Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come." So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them. ¹⁵"Please sit down," they said, "and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing. ¹⁶When they had heard all these words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, "Surely we must report all these words to the king." ¹⁷"Tell us now," they asked Baruch, "how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah's dictation?" ¹⁸"It was at his dictation," Baruch replied. "He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Then: Jeremiah 36:6, Jeremiah 36:8

in the chamber: Jeremiah 35:4

Gemariah: Jeremiah 36:11, Jeremiah 36:25

Shaphan: Jeremiah 36:11, Jeremiah 26:24, Jeremiah 29:3

the scribe: Jeremiah 52:25, 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, 2 Kings 18:37

entry: or, door, Jeremiah 26:10, 2 Kings 15:35

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan 2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan Jeremiah 7:2 - Stand Jeremiah 17:19 - General Jeremiah 36:12 - Gemariah Jeremiah 43:3 - Baruch Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan Ezekiel 40:29 - the little Acts 5:20 - stand

Cross-References

Genesis 36:3
and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 36:4
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

Genesis 36:35
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord,.... The prophecies of Jeremiah he had taken from him in writing on a roll of parchment; these he read in the temple, in a part of it, after described:

in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe; not a scribe of the law, or an officer of the temple, but the king's chancellor or secretary of state; for this is the title, not of Gemariah, who had a chamber in the temple here mentioned, in which Baruch read his roll, and was an officer there, but of Shaphan, as the accents show, and as his title runs elsewhere, 2 Kings 22:9; which chamber was

in the higher court; it looked into it, which some say was the court of the priests; but into that Baruch, not being a priest, could not enter: rather, according to Dr. Lightfoot, it was the court of Israel, on the same ground with it, though parted from it, and divided from the court of the women by a wall, to which they went by an ascent of fifteen steps; so that it might with great propriety be called the higher court:

at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house; the eastern gate, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, interpret it: here Baruch read his roll,

in the ears of all the people; that were in the court; so that being in a chamber, he must read out of the chamber window, or in a balcony before it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gemariah seems to have inherited his father’s office of public scribe or secretary of state (see 2 Kings 22:3). As brother of Ahikam, he would be favorable to Jeremiah.

The higher court - The inner court; into which it was not lawful for the people to enter, but the chamber probably itself formed one of its sides, and could be approached from the outer court.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 36:10. In the chamber of Gemariah — He was one of the princes of Judah. See Jeremiah 36:12.