Jeremiah 52:30-32

New Living Translation

³⁰In Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year^[a] he sent Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who took 745 more—a total of 4,600 captives in all.

Hope for Israel’s Royal Line

³¹In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to^[b] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.^[c] ³²He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.

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Footnotes

52:30 This exile in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 581 B.c.
52:31a Hebrew He raised the head of.
52:31b Hebrew on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was March 31, 561 B.c.; also see note on 52:4a.