2 KINGS 25:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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;”
In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon took pity on King Jehoiachin of Judah and brought him out of prison — decades after the initial deportation and destruction (586 BCE), Evil-merodach (אֱוִיל־מְרוֹדַךְ, *Evil-merodakh*), Nebuchadnezzar's successor, releases Jehoiachin from prison. The phrase 'took pity on' (וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ, *way-yissa et-rosh*, literally 'lifted up the head of') indicates amnesty and favor. The thirty-seven year duration indicates Jehoiachin's long captivity before release.
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