Jeremiah 36:11
in Jeremiah 36When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
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ASV
And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,
KJV
When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,
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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan
on Jeremiah 36:11-13
Michaiah, grandson of the Shaphan whose family ran through Josiah's reform, hears the reading and moves at once, going down to the scribe's chamber in the king's house where the princes are already sitting. He reports the whole content rather than a summary, all the words that he had heard, and the princes' response is immediate concern rather than dismissal. Gill notes the Shaphan family's recurring role across the book, three generations of one household turning up at every hinge point of Jeremiah's story, Ahikam protecting him in chapter 26, Gemariah lending his chamber here, Gedaliah governing after the fall in chapter 40.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Probably as his father had lent Jeremiah the hall, Michaiah had been commanded to bring Gemariah Jer 36:12 tidings, as soon as the reading was over, of the nature of the prophet’s words, and the effect produced by them upon the people.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the new gate That is the Eastern Gate; so did Jonathan translate.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע | vaiyishma' | and he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| מִכָ֨יְהוּ | mikhayehu | Micaiah | H4321 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ | gemaryahu | Gemariah | H1587 → | 5 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁפָ֛ן | shafan | Shaphan | H8227 → | 34 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַסֵּֽפֶר׃ | hasefer | the scroll | H5612 → | 186 times |
וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗עand he heard
vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times
מִכָ֨יְהוּMicaiah
mikhayehuH4321 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּGemariah
gemaryahuH1587 →5 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁפָ֛ןShaphan
shafanH8227 →34 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הַסֵּֽפֶר׃the scroll
haseferH5612 →186 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 34:20and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
it leads to
- 2 Kings 22:12
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 22:12
Through
2 Kings 25:22Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:24
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 39:14
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- Jeremiah 41:2
Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the…
- Jeremiah 26:24
Through
Jeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:10
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Jeremiah 52:25
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the…
- 2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- Jeremiah 36:25
Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 26:10
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).