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31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.
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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 spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings 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 He supplied Jehoiachin with new clothes to replace his prison garb and allowed him to dine 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.
34 So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived. This continued until the day of his death.
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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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