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.
They went to the king in his courtyard, but first they stored the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe, and then they told the king everything that was written in it.
The officials went to King Jehoiakim and reported to him about Jeremiah's prophetic scroll, but they kept the actual scroll safely stored away first.
📚 Historical Context
In the ancient kingdom of Judah, during the reign of King Jehoiakim around 605 BC, the prophet Jeremiah was delivering warnings of God's judgment against the people's sins amid growing threats from Babylon. Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, had written these prophecies on a scroll, which was read to the king's officials, causing them concern. Fearing the king's wrath, the officials hid the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe and only verbally summarized its contents to the king.
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