Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיin yearבִ שָׁנָהthirty-sevenשְׁלֹשִׁים וָשֶׁבַעof the exileלְגָלוּתof Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִןkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהin the twelfth month,בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁon the twenty-fifthבְּעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁהof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthat Evil-merodachאֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלin the yearבִּשְׁנַתof his reign,מַלְכֻתוֹlifted upנָשָׂאthe headאֶת רֹאשׁof Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהand brought him outוַיֹּצֵא אוֹתוֹof prison.מִבֵּית הַכְּלוּא
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsexile
Living forced away from your land.
Where else “galut” appearsJehoiachin
Jehoiachin: a name meaning "YHWH establishes." King of Judah, son of Jehoiakim; he reigned three months and was taken into exile to Babylon, where years later he was brought out of prison (2 Kings 24:8-15; 25:27-30). Other books call him Jeconiah or Coniah.
Where else “yehoyachin” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appearsEvil-merodach
Evil-merodach. King of Babylon, successor of Nebuchadnezzar; in the year he began to reign he brought Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison and treated him with favor (2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31).
Where else “evil” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsreign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsprison
Prison; "house of confinement": the jail.
Where else “kelu” appearsTo “lift up the head” of someone: to restore him to his place and his honor (Genesis 40:13). 2 Kings 25:27 says “on the twenty-seventh of the month.”
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Jehoiachin released
Jeremiah 52:31-34
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.
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.
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).
30in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard carried into exile Jews, seven hundred and forty-five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31 · This verse (above)
32He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
