Jeremiah 36:19-26 - Jehoiakim Burns The Scroll

¹⁹ Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man, know where ye, are! ²⁰ Then went they in unto the king, into the court, but the roll, had they put in charge, in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, - so they declared in the ears of the king all the words. ²¹ The king, therefore sent, Jehudi, to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, - and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who were standing near the king. ²² Now, the king, was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, - with the fire-stove before him burning. ²³ So then it came to pass when Jehudi had read three or four columns that he cut it up into fragments with a scribes knife, and cast them into the fire that was in the stove, - until, all the roll, was consumed on the fire that was on the stove. ²⁴ Yet were they not in dread, neither rent they their garments, - the king, nor any of his servants that were hearing all these words. ²⁵ Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah, interceded with the king, not to burn the roll, - but he hearkened not unto them. ²⁶ Then did the king command Jerahmeel son of the king, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to fetch Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, - but Yahweh had hid them.