2Ki 25:27-30 | ESV | STEP | And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah , in the twelfth month , on the twenty-seventh day of the month , Evil-merodach king of Babylon , in the year that he began to reign , graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison .

‏ 2 Kings 25:27-30

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

27 ^aAnd in the thirty-seventh year of ^bthe exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously ^cfreed ^{▼▼Hebrew reign, lifted up the head of} Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28 And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life ^ehe dined regularly at the king’s table, 30 and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.