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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that <i>were</i> with him in Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who <i>were</i> with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who <i>were</i> with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who <i>were</i> with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and he spoke to him good <i>words</i>, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who <i>were</i> with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Evil-Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him and elevated his position above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will speak with him good things, and he will give his throne above the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne higher than that of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/25-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=8948" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Jehoiachin Released from Prison</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27</span>On 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. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">And he spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·ḇō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">kindly</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">to Jehoiachin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and set</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3678.htm" title="3678: kis·’ōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Seat of honor, throne. Or kicceh; from kacah; properly, covered, i.e. A throne.">his throne</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">above</a> <a href="/hebrew/3678.htm" title="3678: kis·sê (N-msc) -- Seat of honor, throne. Or kicceh; from kacah; properly, covered, i.e. A throne.">the thrones</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·mə·lā·ḵîm (Art:: N-mp) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the other kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who were</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bə·ḇā·ḇel (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">in Babylon.</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-31.htm">Jeremiah 52:31-34</a></span><br />On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-22.htm">2 Chronicles 36:22-23</a></span><br />In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1-4</a></span><br />In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. / Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-4</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. / I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-1.htm">Daniel 1:1-2</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10-14</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. / For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. / Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22</a></span><br />O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21-23</a></span><br />you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. / I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms. / They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">Isaiah 44:28</a></span><br />who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11-12</a></span><br />And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Matthew 1:11-12</a></span><br />and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. / After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-27.htm">Luke 3:27</a></span><br />the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-17.htm">Matthew 1:17</a></span><br />In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6-7</a></span><br />God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26-27</a></span><br />And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;</p><p class="hdg">kindly to him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm">Jeremiah 27:6-11</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-37.htm">Daniel 2:37</a></b></br> Thou, O king, <i>art</i> a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-18.htm">Daniel 5:18,19</a></b></br> O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-35.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-20.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-23.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-7.htm">Kindly</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-5.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-10.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">Seats</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-12.htm">Throne</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-40.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-24.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-25.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-15.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Kindly</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-12.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/job/2-13.htm">Seats</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-12.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-12.htm">Throne</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-15.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Jerusalem is besieged.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-8.htm">Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">and carries away the treasures.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">The nobles are slain at Riblah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm">Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of speaking kindly indicates a shift in Jehoiachin's fortunes, as he had been imprisoned for 37 years. This kindness can be seen as a fulfillment of God's promise to preserve a remnant of David's line, as Jehoiachin was a descendant of David. The act of speaking kindly also reflects the ancient Near Eastern custom of showing mercy to defeated kings, which could be a political strategy to maintain stability in the region.<p><b>and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon</b><br>This indicates that Jehoiachin was given a position of honor above other vassal kings who were also in Babylon. This elevation can be seen as a sign of respect and possibly a recognition of the Davidic line's significance. It also suggests that Jehoiachin was treated not merely as a prisoner but as a royal guest, which could symbolize hope for the restoration of Judah. This act of setting his throne above others can be seen as a type of Christ, who is exalted above all kings and rulers. The historical context here is significant, as it shows the political dynamics of the Babylonian empire, where multiple kings were often kept in the court as a means of control and influence.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoiachin.htm">Jehoiachin</a></b><br>The former king of Judah who was taken captive by the Babylonians. He represents the Davidic line during the exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/evil-merodach.htm">Evil-merodach</a></b><br>The king of Babylon who succeeded Nebuchadnezzar. He showed favor to Jehoiachin by releasing him from prison.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The place of exile for Jehoiachin and many Israelites. It symbolizes both judgment and the hope of restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/throne.htm">Throne</a></b><br>Represents authority and honor. Jehoiachin's elevation above other kings signifies a restoration of dignity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, marking a time of judgment and eventual hope for return.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_exile.htm">God's Sovereignty in Exile</a></b><br>Even in captivity, God is in control and can change the hearts of rulers to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a></b><br>Jehoiachin's release is a reminder that God can restore and elevate us, even after periods of judgment or hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/k/kindness_and_favor.htm">Kindness and Favor</a></b><br>The kindness shown by Evil-merodach is a reflection of God's grace, teaching us to extend grace and kindness to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a></b><br>Jehoiachin's long wait in prison encourages believers to remain faithful and hopeful during difficult times, trusting in God's timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_line_preserved.htm">The Davidic Line Preserved</a></b><br>Jehoiachin's elevation signifies the preservation of the Davidic line, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_hananiah's_short_exile_prophecy_be_trusted.htm">In Jeremiah 28:1-4, how can Hananiah's prophecy of a short Babylonian captivity be trusted given the historical evidence of a much longer exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_2_kings_25_27-30_align_with_jeremiah_22_30.htm">In 2 Kings 25:27-30, Jehoiachin is freed and honored in Babylon--how does this align with Jeremiah 22:30's prophecy that his line would no longer prosper on David's throne?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_jeremiah_22_5's_judgment.htm">In Jeremiah 22:5, how can one verify historically or archaeologically that God's promised judgment on the house of David came to pass exactly as stated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_coniah's_fate_change.htm">How do skeptics reconcile Jeremiah 22:24-27's prophecy against Coniah with his later release and royal favor in Babylon (2 Kings 25:27-30)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">Set his throne above the throne of the kings</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--Gave him precedence of the other captive kings who were kept at the Babylonian court by way of enhancing its glory (comp. <a href="/judges/1-7.htm" title="And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.">Judges 1:7</a>), 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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he spake kindly to him</span>; literally, <span class="accented">he spake good things with him</span>; 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. <span class="cmt_word">And set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.</span> Evil-Merodach had at his court other captured kings besides Jehoiachin, whose presence was considered to enhance his dignity and grandeur (comp. <a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Judges 1:7</a>). 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/25-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And he spoke</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kindly</span><br /><span class="heb">טֹב֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Jehoiachin</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and set</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּן֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his throne</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּסְא֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kis·’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3678.htm">Strong's 3678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seat of honor, throne</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the thrones</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּסֵּ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(kis·sê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3678.htm">Strong's 3678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seat of honor, throne</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the kings</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְּלָכִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mə·lā·ḵîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were with</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him in Babylon.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבָבֶֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/25-28.htm">2 Kings 25:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/25-28.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 25:28 And he spoke kindly to him (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 25:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/25-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 25:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>