Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. New Living Translation He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon. English Standard Version And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Berean Standard Bible And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. King James Bible And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; New King James Version He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. New American Standard Bible and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. NASB 1995 and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. NASB 1977 and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Legacy Standard Bible and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Amplified Bible and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the [other] kings [of captive peoples] who were with him in Babylon. Christian Standard Bible He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Holman Christian Standard Bible He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. American Standard Version and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, Contemporary English Version Evil-Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there. English Revised Version and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. GOD'S WORD® Translation He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. Good News Translation Evil-merodach treated him kindly and gave him a position of greater honor than he gave the other kings who were exiles with him in Babylonia. International Standard Version He spoke kindly to him and elevated his position above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon. Majority Standard Bible And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. NET Bible He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. New Heart English Bible and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, Webster's Bible Translation And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; World English Bible and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon, Young's Literal Translation and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon, Smith's Literal Translation And he will speak with him good things, and he will give his throne above the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. Catholic Public Domain Version And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon. New American Bible He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne higher than that of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. New Revised Standard Version he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he spoke good things with him and he raised his throne higher than the thrones of the Kings who were with him in Babel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jehoiachin Released from Prison27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. 28And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.… Cross References Jeremiah 52:31-34 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ... 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’” Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. / Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem. ... Isaiah 45:1-4 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. / I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. ... Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Jeremiah 29:10-14 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. / For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. / Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ... Lamentations 4:22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. Ezekiel 37:21-23 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. / I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms. / They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’” Jeremiah 25:11-12 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. Matthew 1:11-12 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. / After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Luke 3:27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, Matthew 1:17 In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. Acts 7:6-7 God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’ Romans 11:26-27 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.” Treasury of Scripture And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; kindly to him. Jeremiah 27:6-11 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him… Daniel 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. Daniel 5:18,19 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: … Jump to Previous Babylon Good Higher Honor Kind Kindly Kings Putteth Seat Seats Speaketh Throne WordsJump to Next Babylon Good Higher Honor Kind Kindly Kings Putteth Seat Seats Speaketh Throne Words2 Kings 25 1. Jerusalem is besieged.4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. 8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers; 13. and carries away the treasures. 18. The nobles are slain at Riblah. 22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt. 27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court. And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin This phrase refers to the king of Babylon, Evil-Merodach, who showed favor to Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah. The act of speaking kindly indicates a shift in Jehoiachin's fortunes, as he had been imprisoned for 37 years. This kindness can be seen as a fulfillment of God's promise to preserve a remnant of David's line, as Jehoiachin was a descendant of David. The act of speaking kindly also reflects the ancient Near Eastern custom of showing mercy to defeated kings, which could be a political strategy to maintain stability in the region. and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon Persons / Places / Events 1. JehoiachinThe former king of Judah who was taken captive by the Babylonians. He represents the Davidic line during the exile. 2. Evil-merodach The king of Babylon who succeeded Nebuchadnezzar. He showed favor to Jehoiachin by releasing him from prison. 3. Babylon The place of exile for Jehoiachin and many Israelites. It symbolizes both judgment and the hope of restoration. 4. Throne Represents authority and honor. Jehoiachin's elevation above other kings signifies a restoration of dignity. 5. Exile The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, marking a time of judgment and eventual hope for return. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in ExileEven in captivity, God is in control and can change the hearts of rulers to fulfill His purposes. Restoration and Hope Jehoiachin's release is a reminder that God can restore and elevate us, even after periods of judgment or hardship. Kindness and Favor The kindness shown by Evil-merodach is a reflection of God's grace, teaching us to extend grace and kindness to others. Endurance in Trials Jehoiachin's long wait in prison encourages believers to remain faithful and hopeful during difficult times, trusting in God's timing. The Davidic Line Preserved Jehoiachin's elevation signifies the preservation of the Davidic line, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ.(28) Set his throne above the throne of the kings . . .--Gave him precedence of the other captive kings who were kept at the Babylonian court by way of enhancing its glory (comp. Judges 1:7), and probably marked this precedence by allowing him a higher chair of state in the royal hall. So Cyrus kept Croesus king of Lydia at his court (Herod, i. 88). We may remember also the chivalrous behaviour of our own Black Prince towards his royal captive John of France.Verse 28. - And he spake kindly to him; literally, he spake good things with him; but the meaning is well expressed by our rendering. Evil-Merodach compassionated the sufferings of the unfortunate monarch, who had grown old in prison, and strove by kind speech to make up to him for them in a certain measure. And set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. Evil-Merodach had at his court other captured kings besides Jehoiachin, whose presence was considered to enhance his dignity and grandeur (comp. Judges 1:7). An honorable position and probably a seat of honor was assigned to each; but the highest position among them was now conferred on Jehoiachin. Whether he had actually a more elevated seat, is (as Bahr observes) a mattes of no importance. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And he spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue kindly טֹב֑וֹת (ṭō·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good to Jehoiachin אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among and set וַיִּתֵּן֙ (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set his throne כִּסְא֔וֹ (kis·’ōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne over מֵעַ֗ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the thrones כִּסֵּ֧א (kis·sê) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne of the kings הַמְּלָכִ֛ים (ham·mə·lā·ḵîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4428: A king who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that were with אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among him in Babylon. בְּבָבֶֽל׃ (bə·ḇā·ḇel) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city Links 2 Kings 25:28 NIV2 Kings 25:28 NLT 2 Kings 25:28 ESV 2 Kings 25:28 NASB 2 Kings 25:28 KJV 2 Kings 25:28 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 25:28 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 25:28 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 25:28 French Bible 2 Kings 25:28 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 25:28 And he spoke kindly to him (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |