Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Palace

¹¹ When Gemariah’s son Micaiah, the grandson of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, ¹² he went down to the palace, to the scribe’s office, where all the officials were sitting. Elishama the scribe, Shemaiah’s son Delaiah, Achbor’s son Elnathan, Shaphan’s son Gemariah, Hananiah’s son Zedekiah, and all the other officials were there. ¹³ Micaiah told them all the things that he had heard when Baruch read from the scroll to the people. ¹⁴ Then all the officials sent Nethaniah’s son Jehudi, (who was also the grandson of Shelemiah and Cushi’s great-grandson), to Baruch, who said, “Take the scroll that you read to^[a] the people and come.” Neriah’s son Baruch took the scroll with him and went to them.

¹⁵ They told him, “Please sit down and read it to us.”^[b] So Baruch read it to them. ¹⁶ When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in fear, saying to Baruch, “We must report all these things to the king.” ¹⁷ Then they asked Baruch, “Please tell us how you wrote all the words. Did Jeremiah dictate them all?”^[c]

¹⁸ Baruch answered them, “Yes, Jeremiah dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in the scroll with ink.”

¹⁹ Then the officials told Baruch, “Go, hide yourself, both you and Jeremiah, and don’t let anyone know where you are.”