17. And they asked Baruch, saying, `Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words--from his mouth?'
18. And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'
19. And the heads say unto Baruch, `Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye [are].'
20. And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.