Topic
EVIL-MERODACH
(Son and successor of King Nebuchadnezzar)
Passages on this topic · 8
- 2 Kings 25:27
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
- 2 Kings 25:28
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
- 2 Kings 25:29
and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
- 2 Kings 25:30
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- Jeremiah 52:31
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison;
- Jeremiah 52:32
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
- Jeremiah 52:33
and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
- Jeremiah 52:34
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).