2 Kings 25:27 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,

BSB

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

KJV

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

ASV

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

BBE

And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 בִשְׁלֹשִׁים vish·lo·shim in thirty H7970 וָשֶׁבַע va·she·va' and seven H7651 שָׁנָה sha·nah year H8141 לְגָלוּת le·ga·lut of [the] exile of H1546 יְהוֹיָכִין ye·ho·ya·khin Jehoiachin H3078 מֶלֶךְ־ me·lekh- [the] king of H4428 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 בִּשְׁנֵים bish·neim in two [plus] H8147 עָשָׂר 'a·sar ten H6240 חֹדֶשׁ cho·desh month H2320 בְּעֶשְׂרִים be·'es·rim on [day] twenty H6242 וְשִׁבְעָה ve·shiv·'ah and seven H7651 לַחֹדֶשׁ la·cho·desh of the month H2320 נָשָׂא na·sa' he lifted up H5375 אֱוִיל 'e·vil Evil- H192 מְרֹדַךְ me·ro·dakh Merodach H192 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh [the] king of H4428 בָּבֶל ba·vel Babylon H894 בִּשְׁנַת bish·nat in [the] year H8141 מָלְכוֹ ma·le·kho became king he H4427 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רֹאשׁ rosh [the] head of H7218 יְהוֹיָכִין ye·ho·ya·khin Jehoiachin H3078 מֶלֶךְ־ me·lekh- [the] king of H4428 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 מִבֵּית mi·beit from [the] house of H1004 כֶּלֶא ke·le' imprisonment H3608

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–30

The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and protector of the Jews left their land. But the things of their peace were so hidden from their eyes, that they knew not when they were well off. Ishmael basely slew him and all his friends, and, against the counsel of Jeremiah, the rest went to Egypt. Thus was a full end made of them by their own folly and disobedience; see Jeremiah chap. 40 to 45 Jehoiachin was released out of prison, where he had been kept 37 years. Let none say that they shall never see good again, because they have long seen little but evil: the most miserable know not what turn Providence may yet give to their affairs, nor what comforts they are reserved for, according to the days wherein they have been afflicted. Even in this world the Saviour brings a release from bondage to the distressed sinner who seeks him, bestowing foretastes of the pleasures which are at his right hand for evermore. Sin alone can hurt us; Jesus alone can do good to sinners.

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Jehoiachin Evil-merodach Babylon

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Captive Jehoiachin Evil-Merodach