25 But ait happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose aand went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Jehoiachin Released from Prison
27 aNow it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that1 Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, breleased Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.
28 He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he aate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.
30 And as for his1 provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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