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=== The Scroll-Burning Incident ===
=== The Scroll-Burning Incident ===
About one year after Nebuchadnezzar's first march to Jerusalem, Baruch read his scroll (see above) aloud again in the Temple gate. The heads-of-families heard of this, summoned Baruch, and listened to another reading--whereupon they strongly advised Baruch and Jeremiah to hide. Instead, they boldly read their scroll before Jehoiakim himself.
About one year after Nebuchadnezzar's first march to Jerusalem, Baruch read his scroll (see above) aloud again in the Temple gate. The heads-of-families heard of this, summoned Baruch, and listened to another reading--whereupon they strongly advised Baruch and Jeremiah to hide. They did not hide--but a courtier named [[Jehudi]] read that scroll before the king himself.
What Jehoiakim did next is remembered today in a special fast on the seventh day of Kislev. He cut the scroll through with a pen-knife (that is, a knife used for sharpening pens in those days) and burned the cuttings in the hearth. He then ordered the arrest of Baruch and Jeremiah, but God frustrated this arrest. Baruch later reconstructed his scroll with many additional words.<ref name=Baruch/><ref>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pghh. 779-81</ref><ref>Anonymous, [http://www.ucg.org/bsc/02/kingjehoiakim.htm King Jehoiakim: A Lesson from Biblical History], ''Good News Magazine'', 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2007.</ref><ref>David J. Riggs, [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/davidriggs01/jehoiaki.htm Jehoiakim Cuts and Burns the Word]. Retrieved April 12, 2007 from Mr. Riggs' personal Web pages.</ref><ref>Anonymous, [http://www.becomingcloser.org/Profiles/on_the_scripture.htm On the Scripture: Jehoiakim], Eastside Christian Church, Fullerton, [[California]]. Retrieved April 12, 2007.</ref>
What Jehoiakim did next is remembered today in a special fast on the seventh day of Kislev. He cut the scroll through with a pen-knife (that is, a knife used for sharpening pens in those days) and burned the cuttings in the hearth. He then ordered the arrest of Baruch and Jeremiah, but God frustrated this arrest. Baruch later reconstructed his scroll with many additional words.<ref name=Baruch/><ref>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pghh. 779-81</ref><ref>Anonymous, [http://www.ucg.org/bsc/02/kingjehoiakim.htm King Jehoiakim: A Lesson from Biblical History], ''Good News Magazine'', 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2007.</ref><ref>David J. Riggs, [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/davidriggs01/jehoiaki.htm Jehoiakim Cuts and Burns the Word]. Retrieved April 12, 2007 from Mr. Riggs' personal Web pages.</ref><ref>Anonymous, [http://www.becomingcloser.org/Profiles/on_the_scripture.htm On the Scripture: Jehoiakim], Eastside Christian Church, Fullerton, [[California]]. Retrieved April 12, 2007.</ref>