King Jehoiakim Cuts the Scroll of Jeremiah's Pronouncement

Jehioakim, Josiah's son, was a violent, corrupt and greedy king who robbed the common people of their money. Jeremiah's words against this corruption are documented by his scribe Baruch Ben Neriyah and read before the people. The document reaches Jehioakim and he furiously tears it up and throws it into the fire.

Jeremiah 36:23

And every time Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut it up with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire in the brazier.

In this picture is a rare papyrus document that was discovered in 2016, dating to the 7th Century BCE.  It contains the earliest known extra-biblical reference to Jerusalem written in Hebrew.  

The papyrus is much like the one that King Jehioakim would have cut and thrown into the fire.Written in ancient Hebrew script it reads as follows:

‍“From the female servant of the king, from Naharata, two wineskins to Jerusalem.”

‍The town Naarah is referred to in Joshua 16:7 as being located on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin.