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| 27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin from prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. | 27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin from prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. |
| 28 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. | 28 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. |
| 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table. | 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table. |
| 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived. | 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived. |
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