Jeremiah 52:31-34
New English Translation
Jehoiachin in Exile
31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth[a] day of the twelfth month,[b] King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned[c] King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than[d] the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin[e] took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life. 34 He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.
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- Jeremiah 52:31 sn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 25:28 has “twenty-seventh.”
- Jeremiah 52:31 sn The twenty-fifth day would be March 20, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.
- Jeremiah 52:31 tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”
- Jeremiah 52:32 tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of.”
- Jeremiah 52:33 tn The subject is unstated in the Hebrew text, but Jehoiachin is clearly the subject of the following verb.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
Amplified Bible
31 Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin [also called Coniah and Jeconiah] king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, [a]showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.(A) 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne above the thrones of the kings who were [captives] with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table all the days of his life. 34 And his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion [according to his needs] until the day of his death, [b]all the days of his life.
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- Jeremiah 52:31 Lit lifted up the head of.
- Jeremiah 52:34 The purpose of these last few words may be to avoid ending the book with the word “death.” The general purpose of the last four verses seems to have been to leave the reader with the comforting thought that even in exile the Lord remembered His people and softened the heart of the conqueror toward David’s descendant. Note also the contrast between Zedekiah, who remained in prison until his death (v 11), and Jehoiachin, who was set free and treated with honor until his death.
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