²⁷^*^fAnd it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of ^gthe captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the ^hseven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign ⁱdid lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; ²⁸And he spake ^†kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; ²⁹And changed his prison garments: and he did ^keat bread continually before him all the days of his life. ³⁰And his ^lallowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

fTo ver. 30, Jer. 52:31–34.
gch. 24:12, 15.
hComp. Jer. 52:31.
iSee Gen. 40:13.
†Heb. good things with him.
l Je. 40:5 (Heb.).

Cross references

*B.C. 562.
k 2 Sam. 9:7, 13.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table, and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life. As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, for the rest of his life.

NLTNew Living Translation

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year. He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon. He supplied Jehoiachin with new clothes to replace his prison garb and allowed him to dine in the king’s presence for the rest of his life. So the king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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. He spoke kindly to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life. His allowance was continually given to him from the king, a portion every day all the days of his life.