They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.
Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.”
The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him.