Jeremiah 52:31
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,Jeremiah 52:31 in the real world
Where
In what words
- אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְʼĔvîyl MᵉrôdakEvil-Merodak, a Babylonian king
- יְהוֹיָכִיןYᵉhôwyâkîynJehojakin, a Jewish king
- גָּלוּתgâlûwthcaptivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
- מַלְכוּתmalkûwtha rule; concretely, a dominion
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîymthirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshthe new moon; by implication, a month
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshfive
+11 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Jehoiachin ration tabletsNamed outside the BibleThe exiled king of Judah, and even his sons, appear in Babylon's own ration lists — exactly the situation 2 Kings describes when it says he ate at the king's table.