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Jeremiah Gives Seraiah a Scroll

59 During Zedekiah's[a] fourth year as king of Judah, he went to Babylon. And Baruch's brother Seraiah[b] went along as the officer in charge of arranging for places to stay overnight.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 51.59 Zedekiah's: See the note at 1.3.
  2. 51.59 Baruch's brother Seraiah: Hebrew “Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah”; Baruch helped Jeremiah write down his messages (see 32.12; 36.4-10).
  3. 51.59 arranging for places to stay overnight: Hebrew and one ancient translation; two ancient translations, “the tax money.”

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