BARUCH
blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12;36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (1:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them before the counsellors of the king at a priva......