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2 Kings 25:30

Each day, for as long as he lived, he was given a regular allowance for his needs.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Captive;   Evil-Merodach;   Jehoiachin;   Kindness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Jehoiachin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Jehoiachin;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Diet;   Evil-Merodach,;   Israel;   Jeremiah;   Kings, Books of;   Lamentations, Book of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Evilmerodach ;   Jeremiah, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Samaria;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Evil-merodach;   Jeremiah (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Allow;   Diet;   Evil-Merodach;   Jehoiachin;   Kings, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, for the rest of his life.
Hebrew Names Version
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
King James Version
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
English Standard Version
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.
New Century Version
Every day, for as long as Jehoiachin lived, the king gave him an allowance.
New English Translation
He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died.
Amplified Bible
and his allowance, a continual one, was given to him by the king (Evil-meridach), a portion every day, for the rest of his life.
New American Standard Bible
and as his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
World English Bible
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his portion was a continual portion giuen him by the King, euery day a certaine, all the dayes of his life.
Legacy Standard Bible
and for his allowance, a continual allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Berean Standard Bible
And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
Contemporary English Version
As long as Jehoiachin lived, he was paid a daily allowance to buy whatever he needed.
Complete Jewish Bible
and he was granted a daily allowance by the king to spend on his other needs for as long as he lived.
Darby Translation
and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Easy-to-Read Version
And each day, for as long as Jehoiachin lived, the king gave him enough money to pay for whatever he needed.
George Lamsa Translation
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for every day, all the days of his life.
Lexham English Bible
His allowance was continually given to him from the king, a portion every day all the days of his life.
Literal Translation
And his allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he appoynted him his porcion, which was euer geue him daylie of the kynge, as longe as he lyued.
American Standard Version
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Bible in Basic English
And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His portion was a continuall portion that was assigned him of the king, euery day a certaine as long as he lyued.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
King James Version (1611)
And his allowance was a continuall allowance giuen him of the king, a dayly rate for euery day, all the dayes of his life.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his portion, a continual portion, was given him out of the house of the king, a daily rate for every day all the days of his life.
English Revised Version
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also Euylmeradach ordeynede sustenaunce `to hym with out ceessyng; which sustenaunce also was youun of the kyng to hym bi alle daies, and in alle the daies of his lijf.
Update Bible Version
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given to him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
New King James Version
And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
New Living Translation
So the king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.
New Life Bible
The King gave him a share of food every day for the rest of his life.
New Revised Standard
For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as his allowance, a continual portion, was given him, from the king, the provision of a day upon its own day, - all the days of his life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he appointed him a continual allowance, which was also given him by the king, day by day, all the days of his life.
Revised Standard Version
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, every day a portion, as long as he lived.
Young's Literal Translation
and his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

Contextual Overview

22 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, governor of Judah, and placed him in charge of all those who had not been taken away to Babylonia. 23 When the Judean officers and soldiers who had not surrendered heard about this, they joined Gedaliah at Mizpah. These officers were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth from the town of Netophah, and Jezaniah from Maacah. 24 Gedaliah said to them, "I give you my word that there is no need for you to be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Settle in this land, serve the king of Babylonia, and all will go well with you." 25 But in the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men, attacked Gedaliah, and killed him. He also killed the Israelites and Babylonians who were there with him. 26 Then all the Israelites, rich and poor alike, together with the army officers, left and went to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians. 27 In the year that Evilmerodach became king of Babylonia, he showed kindness to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison. This happened on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin had been taken away as prisoner. 28 Evilmerodach treated him kindly and gave him a position of greater honor than he gave the other kings who were exiles with him in Babylonia. 29 So Jehoiachin was permitted to change from his prison clothes and to dine at the king's table for the rest of his life. 30 Each day, for as long as he lived, he was given a regular allowance for his needs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a daily rate: Nehemiah 11:23, Nehemiah 12:47, Daniel 1:5, Matthew 6:11, Luke 11:3, Acts 6:1

all the days of his life: Genesis 48:15, Genesis 48:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 80:13 - The boar Proverbs 30:8 - convenient for me Jeremiah 50:17 - this Zechariah 1:18 - four

Cross-References

Genesis 25:14
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Genesis 25:21
Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.
Genesis 36:1
These are the descendants of Esau, also called Edom.
Genesis 36:9
These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
Exodus 15:15
The leaders of Edom are terrified; Moab's mighty men are trembling; the people of Canaan lose their courage.
Deuteronomy 23:7
"Do not despise the Edomites; they are your relatives. And do not despise the Egyptians; you once lived in their land.
2 Kings 8:20
During Jehoram's reign Edom revolted against Judah and became an independent kingdom.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Jeremiah 52:34).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 25:30. A 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.

MASORETIC NOTES ON THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS

WE have already seen that the Hebrews consider these two books as one: -

The NUMBER of verses in both is one thousand five hundred and thirty-four.

MASORETIC SECTIONS, thirty-five.

MIDDLE VERSE, 1 Kings 21:6. And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me, &c.


 
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