Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 36:11-15
Jeremiah 36:11-15. When Michaiah, the son of Shaphan, had heard, &c. Shaphan’s family were all great men at court: see note on Jeremiah 26:24; he went down into the king’s house, &c. It is uncertain whether this Michaiah went to make this relation to the princes, who sat in the secretary’s chamber, as a piece of news only, or out of a malicious design to accuse the prophet and Baruch, as persons guilty of a seditious practice, in what they had done. Then Michaiah declared unto... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 36:12
The scribe’s chamber - The chancery in which the king’s business was conducted. Probably Elishama was one of the “principal scribes of the host” Jeremiah 52:25, i. e., the secretary of state for war. The business which had brought together “all the princes” would have reference to the Chaldaean war. read more