2 Kings 25:27

27 ¹Now it came about in the thirty-seventh * year of ²the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth * month, on the twenty-seventh * day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, ³released * Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison *;

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2 Kings 25:27 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 27-30. And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah
Who must then be fifty five years of age:

in the twelfth month, on the twenty and seventh day of the month;
in ( Jeremiah 52:31 ) it is said to be the twenty fifth day; of the reason of which difference, (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:31):

that Evilmerodach king of Babylon;
who is supposed, by some ^F26", to be the same with Belshazzar, and his successor Neriglissar, the same with Darius the Mede in Daniel. From hence, to the end of the chapter, the same account is given of the kindness of this king to Jehoiachin, as in ( Jeremiah 52:31-34 ) . (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:31), (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:32), (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:33), (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:34).

Metasthenes ^F1 calls him Amilinus Evilmerodach, and says he reigned thirty years, and makes Belshazzar, or Baltassar, as he calls him, his third son.

FOOTNOTES:

F26 Vid. Lampe, Eccles. Hist. l. 1. c. 7. sect. 18.
F1 Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.)

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 25:27 In-Context

25 But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

26 Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

27 Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison ;

28 and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

29 Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life;

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1. Jeremiah 52:31-34
2. 2 Kings 24:12, 15
3. Genesis 40:13, 20

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[a]. Lit "lifted up the head of"

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