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31 (A)Now it happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that [a]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, (B)lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison; 32 (C)and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So [b]Jehoiachin (D)changed his prison clothes and [c](E)had his meals in [d]the king’s presence continually all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:31 Or Awil-Marduk (“Man of Marduk”)
  2. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit he
  3. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit ate
  4. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit his presence

Jehoiachin Released(A)

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin(B) king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. 32 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. 33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(C)

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