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22 The king was sitting in the winter palace in the ninth month and a stove[a] was burning in front of him.[b] 23 As Jehudi would read three or four columns, the king[c] would cut it with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire which was in the stove, until all the scroll was burned[d] in the fire in the stove. 24 The king and all his officials[e] who were listening to these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:22 Or brazier
  2. Jeremiah 36:22 Or a fire was burning in the stove in front of him
  3. Jeremiah 36:23 Lit. he
  4. Jeremiah 36:23 Lit. until the completion of the scroll
  5. Jeremiah 36:24 Or servants