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29 In his eighteenth year, Nebuchadnezzar took 832 people from Jerusalem.
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in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
30 In Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year as king, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took away 745 Jews. In all, 4,600 people were taken away.
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in his twenty-third year, 745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard. There were 4,600 people in all.
31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah and released him from prison.
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In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.
32 He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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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.
33 Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived.
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So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.
34 The king of Babylon gave him a daily food allowance as long as he lived.
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Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.
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