2 Kings 25:27 — In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merod… — NLT | maBible
Read 2 Kings 25:27 (New Living Translation) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Kings 25.27, 2 Kings 25v27, 2R. 25:27. In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released hi…
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.
Notes and references
Hebrew He raised the head of.
As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions (see also Jer 52:31); Masoretic Text lacks released him.
Hebrew on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was April 2, 561 b.c.; also see note on 25:1.