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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Kings 25:30

And his allowance was a continuall allowance giuen him of the king, a dayly rate for euery day, all the dayes of his life.

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.
Good News Translation
Each day, for as long as he lived, he was given a regular allowance for his needs.
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.
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 And as for the people that remained in the land of Iudah, whom Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had left, euen ouer them he made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when all the captaines of the armies, they, and their men, heard that the King of Babylon had made Gedaliah gouernour, there came to Gedaliah to Mispah, euen Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanan the sonne of Careah, and Seraiah the sonne of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Iaazaniah the sonne of a Maachathite, they, and their men. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said vnto them, Feare not to be the seruants of the Caldees: dwell in the land, and serue the King of Babylon; and it shall bee well with you. 25 But it came to passe in the seuenth moneth, that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Iewes, and the Caldees that were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people both small and great, and the captaines of the armies arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Caldees. 27 And it came to passe in the seuen and thirtieth yeere of the captiuitie of Iehoiachin king of Iudah, in the twelfth moneth, on the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth, that Euilmerodach king of Babylon, in the yeere that he began to reigne, did lift vp the head of Iehoiachin king of Iudah out of prison. 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eate bread continually before him all the dayes of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continuall allowance giuen him of the king, a dayly rate for euery day, all the dayes of his life.

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
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued.
Genesis 36:1
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Genesis 36:9
And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in mount Seir.
Genesis 36:43
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Exodus 15:15
Then the dukes of Edom shal be amased: the mighty men of Moab trembling shall take hold vpon them: all the inhabitants of Canaan shal melt away.
Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite, for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
2 Kings 8:20
In his dayes Edom reuolted from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a king ouer themselues.

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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