Jeremiah 36:16-26

16When they had heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must surely tell the king all these things.”

17Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you write all these words? At his dictation?”

18Baruch said to them, “At his dictation. He recited all these words to me while I was writing on the scroll in ink.”

19The officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide and tell no one where you are.”

20Then, after depositing the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, the officials came to the king at the courtyard and reported everything in the hearing of the king.

21The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi then read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing by the king.

22Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning in front of him.

23As soon as Jehudi would read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut the scroll with a scribe’s knife and throw the columns into the fire in the hearth until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire in the hearth.

24As they heard all these words, the king and all his servants did not become terrified or tear their clothes.

25Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.

26Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah, but the Lord hid them.