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27 In the year that Awil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released Judah's King Jehoiachin from prison. This happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.
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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, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.
28 Awil-merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and seated him above 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.
29 So Jehoiachin took off his prisoner clothes and ate regularly in the king's presence for the rest of his life.
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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.
30 At the king's command, a regular food allowance was given to him every day for the rest of his life.
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Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.
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