2 Kings 25:28
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,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
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.

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;

Contemporary English Version
Evil-Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Literal Standard Version
and speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] 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.

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.

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 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.

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,

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,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jehoiachin Released from Prison
27On 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 52:32
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Daniel 2:37
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 5:18
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Daniel 5:19
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.


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: …

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2 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.














(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 spoke
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (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


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