A man hears the words of the LORD read aloud and cannot keep them to himself. In Jeremiah 36, Michaiah listens as Baruch reads the prophet’s book, then goes down to the king’s house, where the princes sit in the scribe’s chamber. He tells them all he heard. They send for Baruch to bring the roll and read it to them as well. Michaiah is a small figure in a tense chapter, yet the way the message travels from one listener to the next begins with him.
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When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
Matthew George Easton, 1897
(1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2). (See MAACAH [4]).
(2.) One of those sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law (2 Chr. 17:7).
(3.) 2 Kings 22:12.
(4.) The son of Gemariah. He reported to the king’s officers Jeremiah’s prediction, which he had heard Baruch read (Jer. 36:11, 13) from his father Gemariah’s chamber in the temple.
(5.) A Levite (Neh. 12:35).
(6.) A priest (Neh. 12:41).
William Smith, 1884
(who is like God?).
(1.) Same as MICAH 6. (2 Chronicles 34:25)
(2.) Same as MICHA 3. (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 12:35)
(3.) One of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:41)
(4.) The daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 13:2) [MAACHAH,3]
(5.) One of the princes of Jehoshaphat whom he sent to teach the law of Jehovah in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:7)
(6.) The son of Gemariah. He is only mentioned on one occasion. (Jeremiah 36:11,13,14)