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22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house (it was the ninth month),[a] and there was a metal heating pan with a fire of burning coals in front of him. 23 Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king would cut it off with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire until the entire scroll was burned up in the fire. 24 Neither the king nor his attendants who heard all these words were afraid. They did not tear their clothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:22 That is, the month of Kislev, late November/early December