The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was the quartermaster.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
With. Hebrew also, (Calmet) "on behalf of. "(Protestant marginal note) (Haydock)
It is no where else asserted that Sedecias went in person, and Septuagint, Chaldean, explain it in this manner. Baruch accompanied his brother Sarai as, and probably took the letter, Baruch i. 2. Sarai as went to petition for the sacred vessels.
Prophecy, or of the embassy to speak (Calmet) in the king's name. Hebrew menucha, was a caution of Benjamin. It means, "rest "whence some have inferred that he was chamberlain, (Canticle of Canticles iii. 8.) or a favourite. Most translate, "chief of the presents "Septuagint and Chaldean, as if they they had read mincha, which he carried as a tribute to Babylon. Jeremias gave him charge of the parcel, perhaps before Baruch had determined to go.
