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31 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 king of Judah and freed him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month.
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31 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 king of Judah and freed him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month.
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32 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.
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32 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.
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33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table.
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33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table.
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34 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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34 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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