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31 Judah’s King Jehoiachin had been in exile for thirty-seven years when Awil-merodach[a] became king in Babylon. He took note of Jehoiachin’s plight and released him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month[b] of that very year. 32 Awil-merodach treated Jehoiachin kindly and gave him a throne higher than those of the other kings with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin discarded his prison clothes and ate his meals at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:31 Or Evil-merodach
  2. Jeremiah 52:31 February–March, Adar

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