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.
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,
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 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,