Jeremiah 36:12

then went he down unto the house of the king up to the chamber of the scribe, and lo! there, all the princes sitting,—Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

In Context

11When Micaiah, son of Gemariah son of Shaphan, heard all the words of Yahweh out of the book,

13So Micaiah told them all the words which he heard,—when Baruch read in the book in the ears of the people.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying:

2 Kings 24:8Eighteen years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, his mother’s name, was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 26:22Then did King Jehoiakim send men to Egypt,—even Elnathan son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt

Jeremiah 28:1And it came to pass in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet who was of Gibeon, spake unto me, in the house of Yahweh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:

Jeremiah 36:20Then went they in unto the king, into the court, but the roll, had they put in charge, in the chamber of Elishama the scribe,—so they declared in the ears of the king all the words.

Jeremiah 41:1And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama of the seed royal and chiefs of the king, and ten men with him, came in, unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, at Mizpah,—and they did there eat bread together in Mizpah.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:10-20

Baruch Reads the Roll to the Princes. ( b. c. 607.) 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord , in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord 's house,… Read the whole commentary →

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