Jehoiachin Pardoned

27 On(A) the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he pardoned King Jehoiachin(B) of Judah and released him[a] from prison.(C) 28 He spoke kindly(D) to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.(E) 29 So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.(F) 30 As for his allowance, a regular allowance(G) was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, for the rest of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:27 and released him supplied for clarity

Elderly Jehoiachin Cared for in Babylon

27 It happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month on the twenty-seventh of the month, lifted Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he became king, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the house of imprisonment. 28 He spoke kindly[a] to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life. 30 His allowance was continually given to him from the king, a portion every day[b] all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:28 Literally “good things”
  2. 2 Kings 25:30 Literally “a thing of day on his day”