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31 When Jehoiachin king of Judah had been in exile for thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became king in Babylon and let Jehoiachin out of prison. This release took place on the twenty-fifth 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, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.
32 The king treated him most courteously and gave him preferential treatment beyond anything experienced by the political prisoners held 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 Jehoiachin took off his prison garb and from then on ate his meals in company with the king.
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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 provided everything he needed to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
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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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