2 Kings 25:30

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,

Nehemiah 11:23For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a sure ordinance concerning the singers, as every day required.

Jeremiah 22:26And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bore thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

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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