14So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.
15Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.
16Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.
17And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?
18Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.
19Then 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.
20Then 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.
