Jehoiachin Released from Prison^(A)

^31 (B)Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that ^[a]Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, ^(C)lifted^[b] up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. ³² And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. ³³ So ^[c]Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, ^(D)and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. ³⁴ And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

^11 (A)Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with ^[a]hooks, ^(B)bound him with ^[b]bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. ¹² Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and ^(C)humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, ¹³ and prayed to Him; and He ^(D)received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh ^(E)knew that the Lord was God.

¹⁴ After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of ^(F)Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it ^(G)enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.