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

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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  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