Jeremiah 36:25 - Easy To Read Version25 Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah tried to talk King Jehoiakim into not burning the scroll {\cf2\super [313]} But the king would not listen to them. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176925 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition25 Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah tried to persuade the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)25 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible25 Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he wouldn’t listen to them. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version25 Yet truly, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah contradicted the king, so that he might not burn the book. But he did not listen to them. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version25 But yet Elnathan and Dalaias and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn the book: and he heard them not. Féach an chaibidil |
At that time, Baruch read the scroll {\cf2\super [304]} that contained Jeremiah’s words. He read the scroll in the temple of the Lord. Baruch read the scroll to all the people that were in the Lord’s temple. Baruch was in the room of Gemariah in the upper courtyard when he read from the scroll. That room was located at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan. Gemariah was a scribe {\cf2\super [305]} in the temple.
When Micaiah heard the messages from the scroll, he went down to the secretary’s room in the king’s palace. All of the royal officials were sitting there in the king’s palace. These are the names of those officials: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah; and all the other royal officials were there too.