“Leaving the scroll
In the chamber
Of Elishama,
The secretary,
The officials went
To the court
Of the king.
They reported
All the words
To the king.”
These royal officials then went to the royal court to tell the king what had happened. They left the scroll in the chamber of Elishama, the secretary, where Baruch had brought the scroll to read it to them. Thus they did not bring the actual scroll to the king, but only a report about the scroll.
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