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31 (A)Now it happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that [a]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, (B)lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison; 32 (C)and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So [b]Jehoiachin (D)changed his prison clothes and [c](E)had his meals in [d]the king’s presence continually all the days of his life. 34 For his allowance, a (F)continual allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:31 Or Awil-Marduk (“Man of Marduk”)
  2. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit he
  3. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit ate
  4. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit his presence

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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