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Jeremiah 36:21

in Jeremiah 36

Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 36

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe

on Jeremiah 36:20-21

The princes go to the king but leave the roll behind in Elishama the scribe's chamber, telling him the content before he has heard a word of it himself, and the king responds by sending Jehudi to fetch what they had just secured. Jehudi reads it in the king's own hearing with all the princes standing by, the same words that had already frightened the men who first heard them now placed in front of the one man with the power to act on the warning or ignore it. The scene's arrangement, roll stored safely, then summoned, then read aloud again, gives the king every chance to receive it seriously.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll,.... The same person the princes sent to Baruch to come to them, and bring the roll with him, Jer 36:

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוּדִ֗יJehudi

    yehudiH3065 →4 times

  • לָקַ֙חַת֙to fetch

    lakachatH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמְּגִלָּ֔הthe scroll

    hamegilahH4039 →21 times

  • וַיִּ֨קָּחֶ֔הָand he fetched it

    vaiyikachehaH3947 →966 times

  • מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖תfrom [the] room of

    milishkatH3957 →47 times

  • אֱלִישָׁמָ֣עElishama

    ʾelishama'H476 →17 times

  • הַסֹּפֵ֑רthe scribe

    hasoferH5608 →159 times

  • וַיִּקְרָאֶ֤הָand he read aloud it

    vaiyikraehaH7121 →733 times

  • יְהוּדִי֙Jehudi

    yehudiH3065 →4 times

  • בְּאָזְנֵ֣יin [the] ears of

    beazeneiH241 →187 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וּבְאָזְנֵי֙and in [the] ears of

    uveazeneiH241 →187 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַשָּׂרִ֔יםthe officials

    hasarimH8269 →421 times

  • הָעֹמְדִ֖יםwho were standing

    haomedimH5975 →521 times

  • מֵעַ֥לfrom with

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 22:10Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.5 works2 Chronicles 34:18Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.3 worksEzekiel 2:4–5They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’3 worksJeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.2 worksJeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.2 worksJeremiah 36:15“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 36:14Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.2 worksJeremiah 36:20So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.2 worksJeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:2

    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:2

      You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

    • Acts 20:27

      For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

    • Jeremiah 1:17

      Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

    • Jeremiah 19:14

      Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,

  • Through

    Jeremiah 23:28

    Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 3:12–13

      If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

    • 1 Timothy 1:12

      I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

    • 2 Corinthians 2:17

      For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 36 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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