2 Kings 25:30

And, as his allowance, a continual portion, was given him, from the king, the provision of a day upon its own day,—all the days of his life.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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Cross References

Genesis 48:15Thus blessed he Joseph, and said,—God himself—before whom walked my fathers. Abraham and Isaac, God himself—who hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day;—

Nehemiah 11:23For, the commandment of the king, was upon them,—as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day.

Jeremiah 22:26and I will hurl thee out and thy mother who bare thee, upon another land where ye were not born,—and, there, shall ye die.

Matthew 6:11Our needful bread, give us, this day;

Acts 6:1But, in these days, the disciples, multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, in that, their widows, were being overlooked in the daily ministry.

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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