23 As soon as Jehudi would read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut the scroll[a] with a scribe’s knife and throw the columns into the fire in the hearth until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire in the hearth. 24 As they heard all these words, the king and all his servants did not become terrified(A) or tear their clothes. 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 36:23 Lit columns, he would tear it

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