2 Kings 25:30
in 2 Kings 25And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
KJV
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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This verse in 2 Kings 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA continual allowance given him of the king - He lived in a regal style, and had his court even in the city of Babylon, being supplied with every requisite by the munificence and friendship of the king. In about two years after this, Evil-merodach was slain in a conspiracy; and it is supposed that Jehoiachin, then about fifty-eight years of age, fell with his friend and protector. Thus terminates the catastrophe of the Jewish kings, people, and state; the consequence of unheard-of rebellions and provocations against the Majesty of heaven.
This site's exposition
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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 Awakening1 voice
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
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Allowance - From the treasury, in order to enable him to maintain the state proper to his rank, and in addition to his food at the royal table. Jehoiachin, to the day of his death, lived in peace and comfort at the court of Babylon (compare Jer 52:34).
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ | vaaruchato | and allowance his | H737 → | |
| אֲרֻחַ֨ת | ʾaruchat | an allowance of | H737 → | |
| תָּמִ֧יד | tamid | continuity | H8548 → | 104 times |
| נִתְּנָה־ | nitenah- | it was given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לּ֛וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| מֵאֵ֥ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| י֣וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ | beyomo | in day its | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֥י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| חַיָּֽו׃ | chaiyav | life his | H2416 → | 498 times |
וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹand allowance his
vaaruchatoH737 →
אֲרֻחַ֨תan allowance of
ʾaruchatH737 →
תָּמִ֧ידcontinuity
tamidH8548 →104 times
נִתְּנָה־it was given
nitenah-H5414 →2011 times
לּ֛וֹto him
lo
מֵאֵ֥תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
דְּבַר־[the] matter of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
י֣וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּיוֹמ֑וֹin day its
beyomoH3117 →2304 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֥י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
חַיָּֽו׃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
Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
it leads to
- Proverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 11:3
Give us each day our daily bread.
- Matthew 4:4
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Psalms 34:10
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- John 6:31–59
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- Proverbs 30:8
Through
Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
it leads to
- Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
- Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 6:11
Through
Daniel 1:5The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
it leads to
- Daniel 1:19
And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.
- Daniel 1:19
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.