Jer 36:1-2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 36:1-32: 36:1-32 This description of Jehoiakim’s cynical response to God’s attempt to call him to repentance and covenant obedience (36:3 , 7 ) graphically underscores the hopelessness of the situation. • Nowhere else does the Old Testament provide this much detail about the process of preserving spoken messages in written form. Summary for Jer 36:1-2: 36:1-2 The fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign, 605 BC , was the year Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem (see study note on Dan 1:1). • In those days, a scroll was a roll of papyrus or leather strips joined edge to edge and rolled up.

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‏ Jeremiah 36:1-2

Summary for Jer 36:1-32: 36:1-32 ^a This description of Jehoiakim’s cynical response to God’s attempt to call him to repentance and covenant obedience (36:3 ^b, 7 ^c) graphically underscores the hopelessness of the situation.

• Nowhere else does the Old Testament provide this much detail about the process of preserving spoken messages in written form.
Summary for Jer 36:1-2: 36:1-2 ^d The fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign, 605 BC, was the year Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem (see study note on Dan 1:1).

• In those days, a scroll was a roll of papyrus or leather strips joined edge to edge and rolled up.