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
American Standard Version
31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison; 32 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life: 34 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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