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He spokeוַיְדַבֵּרgood thingsטֹבוֹתto himאִתּוֹand setוַיִּתֵּןhis throneאֶת כִּסְאוֹaboveמֵעַלthe throneכִּסֵּאof the kingsהַמְּלָכִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with himאִתּוֹin Babylon.בְּבָבֶל
2 Kings 25:28
Study it in the app“He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.”
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2 Kings 25:28, word by word
- He spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- good thingsטֹבוֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears- and setיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- his throneכִּסְאkis
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appears- of the kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- in Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears
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2 Kings 25:27-30
27And it happened, in year thirty-seven of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. 28He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread always before him all the days of his life. 30His allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king, the portion of each day on its day, all the days of his life.
31And it happened, in year thirty-seven of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread before him always all the days of his life. 34His allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king of Babylon, the portion of each day on its day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
27And it happened, in year thirty-seven of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison.
28 · This verse (above)
29He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread always before him all the days of his life.