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2020
May 02
2 Kings 25:27
In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.
Terry L. from Orlando, FL said:
This event, especially how it is written so briefly here, made me curious. I turned to Gill's commentary app.(technology can be so helpful) This chapter in 2 Kings parallels a chapter in Jeremiah. Awel-Marduk was Nebuchadnezzar's son. Gill presents two theories as to why he would release Jehoiachin. One was that Nebuchadnezzar had thrown his son into prison after he recovered from the whole eating grass episode of seven years because of how his son had managed things in his stead. The son had befriended Jehoiachin while in prison and showed him kindness when he had the authority to. The other theory was that when Jehoiachin had first been dragged into Babylonian exile, he was pleasant to look at and Awel-Marduk felt sympathy for him. That since they were same age and all.. this second theory doesn't work for me because then I wonder why A-M didn't release him during the seven years his father was nuts. So I go with the first theory. I like this verse because it causes me to picture the events in my mind and wonder the motives behind them.
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