and as his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Parallel translations
- WEB and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- KJV And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
- BSB And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
- NKJV And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
- NLT So the king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.
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Quick answer
Jehoiachin received a daily allowance from the king for the rest of his life. The book of Kings ends on a note of sustaining grace and lingering hope.
Overview
A regular daily provision was given to Jehoiachin throughout his life, ensuring the preserved king lacked nothing. With this quiet provision, the long story of Israel and Judah closes—not in final despair but with David's line still alive and cared for in exile. This faint but persistent hope points beyond the ruins to God's unbroken promise of a coming King, fulfilled at last in Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Luke 11:3Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Neh 11:23For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
- Matt 6:11Give us today our daily bread.
- Dan 1:5The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.
- Neh 12:47All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
- Gen 48:15–16He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
- Acts 6:1Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
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Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.
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