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1This book was written by Baruch son of Neraiah, grandson of Mahseiah, and a descendant of Zedekiah, Hasadiah, and Hilkiah. It was written in Babylon[#Jer 36.4]
2on the seventh day of the month in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burnt it down.[#1.2 : The month is probably the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar (see 2 Kgs 25.8; Jer 52.12).]
3-4Baruch read the book aloud to Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all the people who lived in Babylon by the River Sud. Everyone came to hear it read — nobles, children of royal family, elders, in fact, all the people, no matter what their status.[#2 Kgs 24.8–17]
5When the book was read, everyone cried, fasted, and prayed to the Lord.
6Then they all gave as much money as they could,
7and the collection was sent to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim the High Priest, son of Hilkiah and grandson of Shallum, and to the other priests and to all the people who were with him in Jerusalem.
8On the tenth day of the month of Sivan, Baruch took the sacred utensils which had been carried away from the Temple and returned them to Judah. These were the silver utensils which Zedekiah son of King Josiah of Judah had ordered to be made
9after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had deported Jehoiachin, the rulers, the skilled workers, the nobles, and the common people and had taken them from Jerusalem to Babylon.[#1.9 ; Greek prisoners.]
10The people wrote: