Jeremiah 52:31-34
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jehoiachin Pardoned
31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life. 34 As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, for the rest of his life.(A)
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Jeremiah 52:31-34
Lexham English Bible
An Allowance for Jehoiachin
31 And then[a] in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, the king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and brought him out from prison.[b] 32 Then he spoke with him kindly and gave his seat above the seats[c] of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So he changed the garments of his imprisonment and he ate food before him[d] continually all the days of his life. 34 And his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon on a daily basis[e] all the days of his life up to the day of his death.
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- Jeremiah 52:31 Literally “and it was”
- Jeremiah 52:31 Literally “the house of the imprisonment”
- Jeremiah 52:32 Hebrew “seat”
- Jeremiah 52:33 Literally “to the face of him”
- Jeremiah 52:34 Literally “a matter of a day in its day”
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