22It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.


In Context

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are."

20 After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him.

21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him.

22 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.

23 Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe's knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.

24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes.

Jeremiah 36:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king sat in the winter house, In the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brasier burning before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king sat in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month: and [there was a fire in] the brazier burning before him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:22and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:22Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.