Bible Explorer · Event · c. 605 BC
On a nationwide fast day in Jerusalem, Baruch reads Jeremiah's words of repentance from the upper chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan in the ears of all the assembled people.
Date: c. 605 BC · Note: Public fast day proclamation in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah.
Jeremiah 36:9-19