1. This book was written by Baruch son of Neraiah, grandson of Mahseiah, and a descendant of Zedekiah, Hasadiah, and Hilkiah. It was written in Babylon
2. on the seventh day of the month in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burnt it down.
3-4. Baruch read the book aloud to Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all the people who lived in Babylon by the River Sud. Everyone came to hear it read — nobles, children of royal family, elders, in fact, all the people, no matter what their status.