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.
21So 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.
22Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.
