27 (A)Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of (B)the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, [a](C)released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison; 28 and he (D)spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So [b]Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and [c](E)had his meals in [d]the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life; 30 and as his (F)allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:27 Lit raised the head of
  2. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit he
  3. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit ate bread
  4. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit his presence

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison;(A) 28 he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes. Every day of his life he dined regularly in the king’s presence.(B) 30 For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.

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