Bible in Basic English
"Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words."
— Jeremiah 36:20, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?
Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.
Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.
Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.
So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.
Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.
And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.