27. Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.
28. And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.
29. And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.
30. Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.