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2 Kings 25:28

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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This verse in 2 Kings 25

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS FROM THE CATENA ON JEREMIAH 14 · Written before 253.

Jeremiah calls this son of Jehoiakim Jeconiah, and the Pharaoh Neco called the father of this man, though named Eliakim, Jehoiakim, whom Babylon, having carried off, cast forth before the gate, as the present prophet and Josephus in the tenth book of his Antiquities says. And the other editions have given the signet ring as a seal. And every person who through repentance makes shine again what is according to the image becomes a seal, a ring on the "right hand of God."

This site's exposition

set his throne above the thrones of the

on 2 Kings 25:28-30

The lamp promised for David's sake at 1 Kings 11:36, 15:4 and 2 Kings 8:19 narrows to one living man. It is kept in a captive, and Matthew 1:11-12 carries this king into the genealogy of Christ. He changes "out of his prison clothes".

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 25:27 · Written before 850.

proposed

Evil-merodach was the son of Nebuchadnezzar. Since he had ruled the kingdom badly and had, in addition, troubled the land with a severe conflict, when his father came back [from his military campaign], his father imprisoned him, fearing that he might rebel against him. Now …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The kings that were with him - Probably captive kings, like Jehoiachin himself. Compare Jdg 1:7.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אִתּ֖וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • טֹב֑וֹתgood

    tovotH2896 →538 times

  • וַיִּתֵּן֙and he set

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כִּסְא֔וֹthrone his

    kisoH3678 →135 times

  • מֵעַ֗ל<from> above

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • כִּסֵּ֧א[the] throne of

    kise'H3678 →135 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֛יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אִתּ֖וֹ[were] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • בְּבָבֶֽל׃in Babylon

    bevavelH894 →262 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 2:37

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

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 26:7

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company…

    • Jeremiah 27:6–7

      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.

    • Ezra 1:2

      “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at…

    • Daniel 5:18

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

    • Psalms 62:11

      God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 25 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 25:27; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS FROM THE CATENA ON JEREMIAH 14.

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