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Jeremiah 36:22

20 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.

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

23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

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BSB
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
KJV
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
WEB
Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
ASV
Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and [there was a fire in] the brazier burning before him.
DARBY
Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.
BLB
And the king was sitting in the house of the winter in the ninth month, and the hearth before his face was burning.
ÅB
Kongen satt i vinterhuset, for det var den niende måned, og det brant ild i et fyrfat foran ham,
OTB
Det var den niende måneden, og kongen satt i vinterhuset, med en ild som brant i ildstedet foran ham.
B1930
Kongen satt i vinterhuset, for det var den niende måned, og det brente ild i et fyrfat foran ham,

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  • Amos 3:15

    I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 36:9

    Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 22:14–16

    who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

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  • Jeremiah 3:20

    But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

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