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Neriah was the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe.
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Neriah was the father of Baruch, who served as the scribe and assistant to the prophet Jeremiah (Jer.32.12). Baruch wrote down the prophecies that Jeremiah dictated to him (Jer.36.4). When King Jehoiakim burned the scroll containing these prophecies, Neriah's son Baruch rewrote them as Jeremiah dictated again (Jer.36.32). Neriah's grandson Seraiah also served Jeremiah (Jer.51.59). The name Neriah means "lamp of Yahweh" in Hebrew.
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(lamp of Jehovah), the son of Maaseiah and father of Baruch and Seraiah.
light; lamp of the Lord
NERI'AH (lamp of Jehovah), the father of Baruch. Jer 32:12, etc.
NERI'AH (lamp of Jehovah), the father of Baruch. Jer 32:12, etc.
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10 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5374
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.
Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiahʼs dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
the men, the women, the children, the kingʼs daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiahʼs reign.
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