2 Kings 25:27

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month the seven and twentieth day of the month: Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda out of prison.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 Context

26And all the people both little and great, and the captains of the soldiers, rising up went to Egypt, fearing the Chaldees.

28And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:20After which Pharao will take thy hand from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

2 Kings 24:15And he carried away Joachin into Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem into Babylon.

Jeremiah 22:26And I will send thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a strange country, in which you were not born, and there you shall die:

Jeremiah 52:31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda, and brought him forth out of prison.

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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