¹⁰ From the room of Gemariah^(A) son of Shaphan^(B) the secretary,^(C) which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate^(D) of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.

¹¹ When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll,

²⁵ Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary^(A) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.

¹⁰ When the officials^(A) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate^(B) of the Lord’s house.

²⁵ Even though Elnathan, Delaiah^(A) and Gemariah^(B) urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

⁴ I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God.^(A) It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum^(B) the doorkeeper.^(C)

¹⁷ Zadok^(A) son of Ahitub and Ahimelek son of Abiathar^(B) were priests; Seraiah was secretary;^(C)

⁸ Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord’s temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll.

⁶ So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting^(A) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.^(B) Read them to all the people of Judah^(C) who come in from their towns.

³ He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said: