Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 36:16

16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other , and said to Baruch, we will surely tell the king of all these words .

It is hardly to be imagined that all these Counsellors should sit still till they had heard all Ieremiah's prophecies for 22 years read, but all signifies many, or the sence and substance of all the prophecies.

They were all of them afraid, Ieremiah had now been above twenty years a Prophet to this people, and doubtless in great esteem for 18 years of it, while Iosiah was alive, and one whose prophecies they could not but observe had been oft accomplished, therefore they could not but be afraid that they should see these words also fulfilled, and took themselves bound in duty to acquaint the King with them. Some if not all of these probab y had been great men in Iosiah's time, which was but four or five years before, and from him sucked in some good and religious principles which begat some aw of God in them.