2 Kings 25:28

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,

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.

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

²² As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. ²³ Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. ²⁴ Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. ²⁵ But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶ All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. ²⁷ It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; ²⁸ and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, ²⁹ and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life: ³⁰ 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 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
but to the sons of the concubines who Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.

Genesis 25:7
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.

Genesis 27:4
Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.

Genesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

Genesis 27:25
He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:31
He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless 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.