2 Kings 25:29

29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.

2 Kings 25:29 in Other Translations

29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

29 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table,

29 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.

29 Jehoiachin took off his prison garb and for the rest of his life ate his meals in company with the king.

29 and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

29 Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived.

29 So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.

29 So Jehoiachin put his prison clothes away. For the rest of Jehoiachin's life the king provided what he needed.

2 Kings 25:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:29

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:27)

2 Kings 25:29 In-Context

27 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 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 put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.

30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Samuel 9:7