~ read before the king ~ 14_2CH_34_24  Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, [even] all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah, #, 17_EST_06_01  On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. #,