This document is about Micaiah (son of Gemariah). For other homonyms, please refer to the Micaiah document.
Grandson of Shaphan and son of Gemariah. When Baruch read Jeremiah (prophet)'s writings, it was read in the chamber of this Gemariah. Micaiah was present at that time, and he went to the royal palace to relay what he had heard to the scribes and officials.
Jer 36:10Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the hearing of all the people.Jer 36:11When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the book,Jer 36:12he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and behold, all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elanathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.Jer 36:13Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people.Jer 36:14So all the officials