Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.
Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.
Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.
So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.