¹⁰ Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in ^(A)the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house.

¹¹ When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of ^(B)Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, ¹² he went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and ^(C)all the officials were sitting there: ^(D)Elishama the secretary, ^(E)Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, ^(F)Elnathan ^(G)the son of Achbor, ^(H)Gemariah the son of ^(I)Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.

²⁵ Even when ^(A)Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah ^(B)urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.