2 Kings 25:30

And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.

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In The King James Version

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

In Context

29And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:15And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

Nehemiah 11:23For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

Jeremiah 22:26I will send you out, and your mother who gave you birth, into another country not the land of your birth; and there death will come to you.

Matthew 6:11Give us this day bread for our needs.

Acts 6:1Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:23-30

Dispersion of the Remnant of Judah. ( b. c. 552.) 22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and… Read the whole commentary →

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