The officials said to him, “Please sit down. Read the scroll to us.” So Baruch read it to them.
Shaphan continued, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” Shaphan read some of it to the king.
They heard all its words. Then they looked at one another in fear. They said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.”
The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary. Jehudi read it to the king. All the officials were standing beside the king. So they heard it too.