2 Kings 25:28

Literal Standard Version

and speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Hebrew Names Version
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Bavel,

King James Version
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

English Standard Version
And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

New Century Version
Evil-Merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a seat of honor above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

New English Translation
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Amplified Bible
and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the [other] kings [of captive peoples] who were with him in Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

World English Bible
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And spake kindly to him, & set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings that were with him in Babel,

Legacy Standard Bible
and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Contemporary English Version
Evil-Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there.

Complete Jewish Bible
He treated him with kindness and gave him a throne higher than those of the other kings there with him in Bavel.

Darby Translation
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Easy-to-Read Version
Evil Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin. He gave him a more important place to sit than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

George Lamsa Translation
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon;

Good News Translation
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.

Lexham English Bible
He spoke kindly to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Literal Translation
and spoke good things with him, and put his throne above the throne of the kings with him in Babylon.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and spake louyngly vnto him, and set his trone aboue ye trones of ye kynges that were with him at Babilon,

American Standard Version
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Bible in Basic English
And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And spake kindely to him, and set his seate aboue the seate of the kinges that were with him in Babylon,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

King James Version (1611)
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

English Revised Version
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
fro prisoun, and spak to hym benygneli; and he settide the trone of Joakyn aboue the trone of kyngis, that weren with hym in Babilonye.

Update Bible Version
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon;

New King James Version
He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

New Living Translation
He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.

New Life Bible
He spoke kind words to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

New Revised Standard
he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he spake with him kind words, - and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Revised Standard Version
and he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation
and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

Contextual Overview

²²And the people that are left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has left—he appoints Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them. ²³And all the heads of the forces hear—they and the men—that the king of Babylon has appointed Gedaliah, and they come to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite—they and their men; ²⁴and Gedaliah swears to them and to their men, and says to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans, dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it is good for you." ²⁵And it comes to pass, in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nathaniah has come, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they strike Gedaliah, and he dies, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah. ²⁶And all the people rise, from small even to great, and the heads of the forces, and come to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans. ²⁷And it comes to pass, in the thirty-seventh year of the expulsion of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon has lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint, ²⁸and speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,²⁹and has changed the garments of his restraint, and he has eaten bread continually before him all [the] days of his life, ³⁰and his allowance—a continual allowance—has been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all [the] days of his life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

kindly to him: Heb. good things with him

the throne: Jeremiah 27:6-11, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19

Cross-References

Genesis 25:6
and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham has, Abraham has given gifts, and sends them away from his son Isaac (in his being yet alive) eastward, to the east country.

Genesis 25:7
And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years;

Genesis 27:4
and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die."

Genesis 27:9
Now go to the flock, and take for me two good kids of the goats from there, and I make them tasteful things for your father, [such] as he has loved;

Genesis 27:19
And Jacob says to his father, "I [am] Esau your firstborn; I have done as you have spoken to me; please rise, sit and eat of my game, so that your soul blesses me."

Genesis 27:25
And he says, "Bring [it] near to me, and I eat of my son's game, so that my soul blesses you"; and he brings [it] near to him, and he eats; and he brings wine to him, and he drinks.

Genesis 27:31
and he also makes tasteful things, and brings to his father, and says to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's game, so that your soul blesses me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The kings that were with him - Probably captive kings, like Jehoiachin himself. Compare Judges 1:7.