2 Kings 25:27

Contemporary English Version

Jehoiachin Is Set Free

(Jeremiah 52.31-34)

²⁷Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for 37 years. Then Evil-Merodach became king of Babylonia,^[a] and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month,^[b] he let Jehoiachin out of prison.

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Footnotes

25.27 Evil-Merodach … Babylonia: The son of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylonia from 562 to 560 b.c.
25.27 twelfth month: Adar, the twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-February to mid-March.

2 Kings 25:27 in all English translations

Jeremiah 52:31

Contemporary English Version

Jehoiachin Is Set Free

(2 Kings 25.27-30)

³¹Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for 37 years. Then Evil Merodach^[a] became king of Babylonia, and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month,^[b] he let Jehoiachin out of prison.

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52.31 Evil Merodach: The son of Nebuchadnezzar who ruled Babylonia from 562–560 b.c.
52.31 twelfth month: Adar, the twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-February to mid-March.

Jeremiah 52:31 in all English translations