Jeremiah 36:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 36 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his prophecy, and publicly to read it, Jeremiah 36:1-10. The princes send to fetch the roll and read it, Jeremiah 36:11-18. They advise Baruch and Jeremiah to hide themselves, Jeremiah 36:19. The king Jehoiakim teareth part of the roll, and burneth it, Jeremiah 36:20-26. Jeremiah denounceth his judgment, Jeremiah 36:27-31. Baruch writeth a new copy, Jeremiah 36:32. Jehoiakim was three years a tributary to Nebuchadnezzar, as we read, 2 Kings 24:1, then he rebelled; which three years are judged to be the sixth, seventh, and eighth years of his reign, for Pharaoh-nechoh set him up, to whom he was first a tributary, as we read, 2 Kings 23:35. Pharaoh-nechoh having conquered him, Jehoiakim became servant to the conqueror three years, then rebelled; upon which the armies of the Chaldeans, with the Syrians, &c., came up against him, and carried him away. This word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the first year that he was tributary to the king of Babylon, which was the fourth year of his reign.