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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.
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And 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, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.
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And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
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So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table,
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and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.
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