DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
He cuts it up and burns it. "As Jehudi read three or four columns, he would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier" (Jeremiah 36:23). He keeps on until the whole scroll is gone.
Why it’s interesting
His father, King Josiah, tore his clothes in mourning when a scroll was read to him (2 Kings 22:11). Jehoiakim cuts the scroll instead, and no one with him tears their garments (Jeremiah 36:24).
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