Bible verse
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
2 Kings 25:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Kings 25.
24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
27 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.
28 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
KJV
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [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,
ERV
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
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