# So they

"Then the officials"

# put the scroll in the room of Elishama

"put the scroll in the room of Elishama so it would be safe"

# Elishama the secretary

See how you translated "Elishama the scribe" in [Jeremiah 36:12](../36/12.md).

# in the hearing of the king

"where the king could hear him" See how similar words are translated in [Jeremiah 2:2](../02/02.md).