gemariah By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and

{Gemariah} the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent

unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

gemariah 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, in the ears of all the peo

ple.

gemariah When Michaiah the son of {Gemariah}, the
son of

Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

gemariah 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, an

d Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

gemariah Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and

{Gemariah} had made intercession to the king that he would not
burn

the roll: but he would not hear them.

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