2 Kings 25:29
in 2 Kings 25So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Kings 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
This site's exposition
above the throne of
on 2 Kings 25:28-30
The lamp promised for David's sake at 1 Ki 11:36, 15:4 and 2 Ki 8:19 narrows across two books to one living man, and here it is kept, not as a throne recovered in Jerusalem but as a captive's seat raised above the other kings at a foreign table. Matt 1:11-12 carries Jechonias by this same name through this exact door into the genealogy of Christ. The prison garments are changed and the phrase all the days of his life is set down twice, once for the bread and once for the allowance, as if written twice to stand against reversal, and the scroll of Kings ends here, on a kept word in a strange land.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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 Medieval Church1 voice
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 Awakening2 voices
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.
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 words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשִׁנָּ֕א | veshina' | and he changed | H8132 → | |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּגְדֵ֣י | bigdei | [the] clothes of | H899 → | 217 times |
| כִלְא֑וֹ | khilo | imprisonment his | H3608 → | 10 times |
| וְאָכַ֨ל | veakhal | and he ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| לֶ֧חֶם | lechem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
| תָּמִ֛יד | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
| לְפָנָ֖יו | lefanav | <to> before him | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֥י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| חַיָּֽיו׃ | chaiyav | life his | H2416 → | 498 times |
וְשִׁנָּ֕אand he changed
veshina'H8132 →
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
בִּגְדֵ֣י[the] clothes of
bigdeiH899 →217 times
כִלְא֑וֹimprisonment his
khiloH3608 →10 times
וְאָכַ֨לand he ate
veakhalH398 →810 times
לֶ֧חֶםbread
lechemH3899 →298 times
תָּמִ֛ידcontinually
tamidH8548 →104 times
לְפָנָ֖יו<to> before him
lefanavH6440 →2123 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֥י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
חַיָּֽיו׃life his
chaiyavH2416 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 61:3to 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…
it 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.
- Psalms 30:11
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…
it 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…
- 2 Samuel 9:1
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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.