Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Evil-merodach gave him garments befitting his rank. To dress a man suitably to his position was the first thought of an Oriental Genesis 41:42; Esther 8:15; Daniel 5:29; Luke 15:22. So again, Oriental kings regarded it as a part of their greatness to feed daily a vast multitude of persons at their courts (see I Kings 4:22-23). Of these, as here, a certain number had the special privilege of sitting actually at the royal board, while the others ate separately, generally at a lower level. See Judges 1:7; II Samuel 9:13; I Kings 2:7; Psalms 41:9.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 25:29:
1 Kings 8:50
2 Kings 25:21
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