So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
Jeremiah 36:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning in front of him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now it was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, and a fire was burning there before him in the brazier. American Standard Version (1901) Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him. Common English Bible Now it was the ninth month, and the king was staying in the winterized part of the palace with the firepot burning near him. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the king was sitting in the winter house, in the ninth month. And there was a hearth placed before him, filled with burning coals. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals. |
So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration.
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
I will demolish the winter house and the summer house; the houses inlaid with ivory will be destroyed, and the great houses will come to an end. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, ‘I have a message from God for you,’ and the king stood up from his throne.