(a Jew)
son of Nethaniah, a man employed by the princes of Jehoiakim's court to fetch Baruch to read Jeremiah's denunciation, (Jeremiah 36:14) and then by the king to fetch the volume itself and read it to him. vs. (Jeremiah 36:21,23) (B.C. 605.)
praising; conferring ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah's roll to them...
Easton's Bible Dictionary