Baruch (בָּרוּךְ "Blessed", Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) is the name of three people in the Hebrew Bible:
Baruch - Baruch son of Zabbai.
In the Book of Nehemiah Baruch son of Zabbai is listed as helping Nehemiah to repair the walls of Jerusalem [1]. Later someone called Baruch seals the covenant with Nehemiah [2] . These two may be the same person.
Baruch - Baruch son of Col-Hozeh.
In Nehemiah 11:15 Baruch son of Col-Hoz ...
Baruch (or Baruchiah) son of Neriah was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah. See Jer [4], [5].
He acted in behalf of Jeremiah when Jeremiah was imprisoned (Jer [6])
He is generally considered to have been the author of parts of the Book of Jeremiah.
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The deuterocanonical Book of Baruch (considered by the Jews and most of the Protestants to be apocryphal) contains a work presented as a narrative of Baruch the son of Neriah, in Babylon, in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans.
The Apocalypse of Baruch is a separate work from the Book of Baruch, similarly presented as a narrative of Baruch.
He is said to have gone with Jeremiah to ...
