KJV ORIGINAL
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he refused to listen to them.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is showing how three officials tried to stop the king from destroying God's written message, but the king ignored their wise counsel.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah around 605 BC, when the prophet Jeremiah had his scribe Baruch write down God's warnings on a scroll. When the scroll was read to the king, he cut it up and burned it piece by piece despite the pleas of some of his officials who recognized this was a dangerous act of defiance against God's word.
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