Jeremiah 52:32
30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
33 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
34 And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
- KJV
- And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
- WEB
- He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
- ASV
- and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
- DARBY
- and he spoke kindly unto him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
- BLB
- And he spoke to him kindly, and he set his seat above the seat of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.
- ÅB
- Og han talte vennlig med ham og satte hans stol ovenfor stolene til de andre konger som var hos ham i Babel.
- OTB
- Han behandlet ham med vennlighet og satte hans trone over tronene til de andre kongene som var med ham i Babylon.
- B1930
- Og han talte vennlig med ham og satte hans stol ovenfor stolene til de andre konger som var hos ham i Babel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Read in contextDaniel 2:37
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
Read in contextDaniel 5:18–19
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
Read in contextJeremiah 27:6–11
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
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