2 Kings 25:27-30

Common English Bible

Jehoiachin in Babylon

²⁷ In the year that Awil-merodach^[a] became king of Babylon, he released Judah’s King Jehoiachin from prison. This happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. ²⁸ Awil-merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and seated him above the other kings who were with him in Babylon. ²⁹ So Jehoiachin took off his prisoner clothes and ate regularly in the king’s presence for the rest of his life. ³⁰ At the king’s command, a regular food allowance was given to him every day for the rest of his life.