Jehoiachin Released from Prison
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c And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, graciously freed d Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.
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And he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of e the kings who were with him in Babylon.
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So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table,
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and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king according to his daily need, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 52:31 - 34
And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.
2 Kings 25:27 - 30
And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 37:1
Zedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.
Jeremiah 22:24 - 30
As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
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Cross References
Jeremiah 27:3
Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
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