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Then all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt, for fear of the Chaldaeans.
27
And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;
28
And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29
And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.
30
And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.
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