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Green's Literal Translation

2 Kings 25:30

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.

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.
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 And the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. 23 And all the commanders of the army, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah. And they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpeh, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeththe Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 25 And it happened in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him came, and they struck Gedaliah, and he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him in Mizpah. 26 And all the people rose up, from the small even to the great, and the commanders of the armies, and came into Egypt, for they were afraid of the face of the Chaldeans. 27 And it happened in the thirty seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty seventh of the month, Evil-merodach the king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, lifted up the head ofJehoiachin the king of Judah out of the prison, 28 and spoke good things with him, and put his throne above the throne of the kings with him in Babylon. 29 And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 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.

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 prayed to Jehovah for his wife for she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated for him, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Genesis 36:1
And these are the generations of Esau; that is Edom.
Genesis 36:9
And these were the generations of Esau, the father of Edom on Mount Seir;
Genesis 36:43
Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwellings, in the land of their possession; he is Esau, the father of Edom.
Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified; the leaders of Moab were seized by trembling; all the dwellers of Canaan were melted.
Deuteronomy 23:7
You shall not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not despise an Egyptian, for you were an alien in his land;
2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they caused a king to reign over them.

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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