¹²He went down into the king’s house to the secretary’s chamber: and behold all the princes sat there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the son of Hananias, and all the princes.

¹³And Micheas told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read out of the volume in the hearing of the people.

¹⁴Therefore all the princes sent Judi the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, to Baruch, saying: Take in thy hand the volume in which thou hast read in the hearing of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Nerias took the volume in his hand, and came to them.

¹⁵And they said to him: Sit down and read these things in our hearing. And Baruch read in their hearing.

¹⁶And when they had heard all the words, they looked upon one another with astonishment, and they said to Baruch: We must tell the king all these words.

¹⁷And they asked him, saying: Tell us how didst thou write all these words from his mouth.

¹⁸And Baruch said to them: With his mouth he pronounced all these words as if he were reading to me: and I wrote in a volume with ink.

¹⁹And the princes said to Baruch: Go, and hide thee, both thou and Jeremias, and let no man know where you are.

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