2 Kings 25:27-30

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 *;

28 and he ⁴spoke 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 ⁵had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life;

30 and for his ⁶allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

2 Kings 25:27-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25

In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2Ki 25:1-12, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2Ki 25:13-17 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the land, 2Ki 25:18-22, and of the miserable condition of the rest under Gedaliah, whom Ishmael slew, 2Ki 25:23-26, and the chapter, and so the history, is concluded with the kindness Jehoiachin met with from the king of Babylon, after thirty seven years' captivity, 2Ki 25:27-30.

&c.] Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of 2Ki 25:7, the account exactly agrees with Jer 52:4-11. 18182-941226-1348-2Ki25.2

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 52:31-34
• 2. 2 Kings 24:12, 15
• 3. Genesis 40:13, 20
• 4. Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18, 19
• 5. 2 Samuel 9:7
• 6. Nehemiah 11:23; Nehemiah 12:47

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "lifted up the head of"
• [b]. Lit "he"
• [c]. Lit "ate bread"
• [d]. Lit "his presence"