Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Jeremiah 36:20

Elishama

18 “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

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

So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.

21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

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

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
KJV
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
WEB
They went in to the king into the court, but they had laid up the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe. Then they told all the words in the hearing of the king.
ASV
And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
DARBY
And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
BLB
And they went to the king, [into] the court, and they stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they declared in the ears of the king all the words.
ÅB
Så gikk de inn til kongen i forgården, men rullen la de ned i statsskriveren Elisamas kammer; og de fortalte alt dette til kongen.
OTB
De plasserte bokrullen i kammeret til Elisjama skriveren og gikk til kongen i forgården og rapporterte alt til ham.
B1930
Så gikk de inn til kongen i forgården, men rullen la de ned i statsskriveren Elisamas kammer; og de fortalte alt dette til kongen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 36:12

    he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 36:21

    Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

    Read in context