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12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
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he went down to the secretary’s room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
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After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll,
14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
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all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand.
15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
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They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
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When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.”
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
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Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
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“Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
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Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
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After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him.
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
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The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him.
22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
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It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.
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