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11 Then (A)Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of Yahweh from the book. 12 And he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there—(B)Elishama the scribe, and (C)Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and (D)Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13 And Micaiah (E)declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book in the hearing of the people. 14 Then all the officials sent (F)Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah (G)took the scroll in his hand and went to them. 15 And they said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch (H)read it in their hearing. 16 Now it happened that when they heard all the words, they turned in (I)dread one to another and said to Baruch, “We will surely (J)declare all these words to the king.” 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, “Declare to us, please, (K)how did you write all these words? Was it [a]at his dictation?” 18 Then Baruch said to them, “He (L)dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.” 19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go, (M)hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”

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  1. Jeremiah 36:17 Lit from his mouth, so in this context

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, 12 he went down to the secretary’s(A) room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan(B) son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.(C) 13 After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll, 14 all the officials sent Jehudi(D) son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll(E) 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 They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.”

So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear(F) and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” 17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write(G) all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”

18 “Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated(H) all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

19 Then the officials(I) said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide.(J) Don’t let anyone know where you are.”

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