2 Kings 25:29 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 25:29

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

KJV

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Evil-merodach gave him garments befitting his rank. To dress a man suitably to his position was the first thought of an Oriental Gen 41:42; Est 8:15; Dan 5:29; Luk 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 1Ki 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 Jdg 1:7; 2Sa 9:13; 1Ki 2:7; Psa 41:9.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS FROM THE CATENA ON JEREMIAH 14 (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."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

However the death of afflicted saints is to them such a change as this was to Jehoiachin: it will release them out of their prison, shake off the body, that prison-garment, and open the way to their advancement; it will send them to the throne, to the table, of the King of kings, the glorious liberty of God's children.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשִׁנָּ֕א	ve.shi.Na'	and he changed	H8132 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
בִּגְדֵ֣י	big.Dei	[the] clothes of	H899 →
כִלְא֑וֹ	khil.'O	imprisonment his	H3608 →
וְאָכַ֨ל	ve.'a.Khal	and he ate	H398 →
לֶ֧חֶם	Le.chem	bread	H3899 →
תָּמִ֛יד	ta.Mid	continually	H8548 →
לְפָנָ֖יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יְמֵ֥י	ye.Mei	[the] days of	H3117 →
חַיָּֽיו׃	chai.Yav	life his	H2416 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 61:3
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be…
leads to
- Psalms 30:11
  You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
  But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- John 16:20
  Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Isaiah 61:10
  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- Psalms 45:7
  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Through
2 Samuel 9:7
“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 9:1
  Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- 1 Kings 2:7
  But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:28
  For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have…

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