^{21 Ref} 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.

^{22 Ref} Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and `there was a fire in' the brazier burning before him.

^{23 Ref} And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that `the king' cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.