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 as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnez´zar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedali´ah the son of Ahi´kam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
And the king commanded Hilki´ah, and Ahi´kam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asai´ah a servant of the king's, saying,
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.