And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josi´ah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azali´ah, the son of Meshul´lam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemari´ah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the ears of all the people.
then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elish´ama the scribe, and Delai´ah the son of Shemai´ah, and Elna´than the son of Achbor, and Gemari´ah the son of Shaphan, and Zedeki´ah the son of Hanani´ah, and all the princes.