2nd Kings 25:27
Therefore it was done in the seven and thirtieth year of the transmi-gration, either passing over, of Jehoi-achin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, in the year in which he began to reign, raised up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison,This verse in the real world
Where
In what words
- אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְʼĔvîyl MᵉrôdakEvil-Merodak, a Babylonian king
- יְהוֹיָכִיןYᵉhôwyâkîynJehojakin, a Jewish king
- כֶּלֶאkeleʼa prison
- גָּלוּתgâlûwthcaptivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîymthirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshthe new moon; by implication, a month
- מָלַךְmâlakto reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (b
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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.
Cross-references
Gen 40:20, Jer 52:31–34, Gen 40:13, 2Ki 24:12, Pro 21:1, 2Ki 24:15, Jer 24:5–6