Bible Strands
Jeremiah 36:13
And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Micaiah addresses the royal officials gathered in the scribe’s chamber after Baruch’s public reading. He conveys the exact content he witnessed during that open proclamation.
The words — וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (va.yaggēd) means “he told” or “he reported,” and שָׁמֵ֑עַ (shāmaʿ) means “he heard.” These verbs frame Micaiah’s action as a direct transmission of auditory testimony rather than personal interpretation.
The thread — The pattern of relaying written material to leadership recurs in 2 Kings 22:10 and 2 Chronicles 34:16, where the text is explicitly brought before the king.
Why it lands — The verse demands verification of public proclamation before private counsel. It requires readers to distinguish between what is heard in the open and how that message is processed behind closed doors.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 22:10 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
- 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:16 Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
- Jonah 3:6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.