King Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll

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After depositing the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went in to the courtyard and told everything to the king.

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The king sent Y'hudi to bring the scroll, and he took it from the room of Elishama the secretary. Y'hudi read it to the king and all the officials standing near the king.

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The king was sitting in his winter house; and since it was the ninth month, he had a fire burning in the stove in front of him.

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After Y'hudi had read three or four columns from the scroll, he would cut off that portion with a knife and throw it into the fire that was burning in the stove, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire in the stove.

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But even though they heard all these words, neither the king nor any of his servants grew afraid or tore their clothes.

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Elnatan, D'layahu and G'maryahu had begged the king not to burn the scroll; but he wouldn't listen to them.

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Then the king ordered Yerachme'el the king's son, S'rayahu the son of 'Azri'el and Shelemyahu the son of 'Avde'el to arrest Barukh the scribe and Yirmeyahu the prophet; but ADONAI hid them.

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