So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
Jeremiah 36:22 - Tree of Life Version Since it was the ninth month, the king was residing in the winter house, with a fireplace burning before 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 within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
Yet as a woman betrays her lover, so have you betrayed Me, O house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of King Josiah of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Adonai—all the people in Jerusalem and all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
I will also strike the winter house together with the summer house. The houses of ivory will perish, and great houses will be demolished.” It is the declaration of Adonai.
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in a roof chamber where it was cool, and said, “I have a message from God for you,” so he arose from his throne.