Baruch 1:2

2 on the seventh day of the month ^[a] in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burned it down.

Baruch 1:2 In-Context

1 This book was written by Baruch son of Neraiah, grandson of Mahseiah, and a descendant of Zedekiah, Hasadiah, and Hilkiah. It was written in Babylon

2 on the seventh day of the month in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burned it down.

3 Baruch read the book aloud to Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all the people who lived in Babylon by the Sud River. Everyone came to hear it read - nobles, children of royal families, elders, in fact, all the people, no matter what their status.

5 When the book was read, everyone cried, fasted, and prayed to the Lord.

Footnotes

• [a]. the month: [The month is probably the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar (see 2 K 25.8; Jr 52.12).]