II. DELAIAH, one of king Jehoiakim’s Counsellors, who opposed this Prince, when he determined to burn the prophet Jeremiah’s Book, which Baruch had taken down in writing, as he dictated to him. The opposition of Delaiah, Elnathan, and Gemariah did not however prevent king Jehoiakim from burning the Prophecies of Jeremiah; because they were contrary to his inclination.
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