Whenever they saw there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest would go and bag up and tally the silver found in the Lord’s temple.
Then at the Lord’s temple, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the Lord’s temple, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read Jeremiah’s words from the scroll.
he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace. All the officials were sitting there #– #Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.