Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
three or four leaves—not distinct leaves as in a book, but the consecutive spaces on the long roll in the shape of doors (whence the Hebrew name is derived), into which the writing is divided: as the books of Moses in the synagogue in the present day are written in a long parchment rolled round a stick, the writing divided into columns, like pages.
pen-knife—the writer's knife with which the reed, used as a pen, was mended. "He" refers to the king (Jeremiah 36:22). As often as Jehudi read three or four columns, the king cut asunder the part of the roll read; and so he treated the whole, until all the parts read consecutively were cut and burnt; Jeremiah 36:24, "all these words," implies that the whole volume was read through, not merely the first three or four columns (I Kings 22:8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 36:23:
Amos 5:10
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