KJV King James Version
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
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Jeremiah 36:20
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
WEB World English Bible
They went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
ASV American Standard Version
And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 36
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.
19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.
23 And it came to pass, [that] when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast [it] into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth.
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וַיָּבֹ֤אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingחָצֵ֔רָהH2691 · cha.tsercourtוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמְּגִלָּ֣הH4039 · me.gil.lahscrollהִפְקִ֔דוּH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listבְּלִשְׁכַּ֖תH3957 · lish.kahchamberאֱלִישָׁמָ֣עH476 · e.li.sha.maElishamaהַסֹּפֵ֑רH5608 · sa.pharto recountוַיַּגִּ֙ידוּ֙H5046 · na.gadto tellבְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241 · o.zenearהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדְּבָרִֽים׃H1697 · da.varword
Cross-references
Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, [even] Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.Jeremiah 36:21So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
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