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Jeremiah 36:22

20 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.

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

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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

    And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 36:9

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 22:14–16

    That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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  • Jeremiah 3:20

    Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

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