2 Kings 25:28

and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,

Young's Literal Translation

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

27And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,

29and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

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Cross References

Daniel 2:37'Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;

Daniel 5:19and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

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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