Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
- KJV Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
- BSB Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- NASB Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- NLT Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn’t listen.
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Quick answer
A few officials plead with the king not to burn the scroll, but he ignores them.
Overview
Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urge restraint, showing that some still reverenced God's word. Their intercession highlights Jehoiakim's willful obstinacy in refusing wise counsel. His rejection of both the word and the pleas of his advisors seals his guilt.
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- Gen 37:22Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him” — that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
- Acts 5:34–39But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.
- Jer 36:12he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s room: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Gen 37:26–28Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
- Matt 27:24–25So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
- Jer 26:22and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
- Matt 27:4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
- Jer 13:15–17Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
- Prov 21:29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
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