2 Kings 25:28 “And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones…”

2 Kings 25:28

And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

World English Bible

and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

American Standard Version

and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Geneva Bible 1599

And spake kindly to him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings that were with him in Babel,

Darby Translation

and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation

and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,

Bible in Basic English

And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

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Cross references

“the throne”

Jeremiah 27:6–11 Daniel 2:37 Daniel 5:18 Daniel 5:19

Jeremiah 27:6–11 · BSB

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

Daniel 2:37 · BSB

You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 5:18 · BSB

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Daniel 5:19 · BSB

Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

29So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

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