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When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

he went down to the secretary's room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll,

all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand.

They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.

When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king."

Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?"

"Yes," Baruch replied, "he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll."

Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are."