2 Kings 25:28

And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.

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In The King James Version

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

In Context

27Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.

29And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.

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Cross References

Daniel 2:37You are a king among kings, and the God of heaven has given to you a kingdom, and fortitude, and power, and glory,

Daniel 5:19And because of the greatness that he gave to him, all peoples, tribes, and languages trembled and were afraid of him. Whomever he wished, he put to death; and whomever he wished, he destroyed; and whomever he wished, he exalted; and whomever he wished, he lowered.

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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