28-30. Here is a list of the number of the people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia as prisoners:In his seventh year as king, he took 3,023 people.In his eighteenth year as king, he took 832 from Jerusalem.In his twenty-third year as king, his officer Nebuzaradan took 745 people.So, Nebuchadnezzar took a total of 4,600 people from Judah to Babylonia.
31. Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years. Then Evil-Merodach became king of Babylonia, and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he let Jehoiachin out of prison.
32. Evil-Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honoured him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there.
33. Jehoiachin was allowed to wear ordinary clothes instead of a prison uniform, and he even ate at the king's table every day.
34. As long as Jehoiachin lived, he was paid a daily allowance to buy whatever he needed.