"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 a…" — Jeremiah 36:20

Jeremiah 36:20 · KJV

“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.”

— Jeremiah 36:20

Verse 19

Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

Verse 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.

Jeremiah 36 — Context

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote {them} with ink in the book.

Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

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.

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and {there was a fire} on the hearth burning before him.

Cross References

Jeremiah 36:12

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.

Jeremiah 36:21