28-30 Here is a list of the number of the people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia as prisoners:In his seventh year as king, he took 3,023 people.In his eighteenth year as king, he took 832 from Jerusalem.In his twenty-third year as king, his officer Nebuzaradan took 745 people.So, Nebuchadnezzar took a total of 4,600 people from Judah to Babylonia.
31 Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for 37 years. Then Evil Merodach became king of Babylonia, and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he let Jehoiachin out of prison.
32 Evil Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there.
33 Jehoiachin was allowed to wear regular clothes instead of a prison uniform, and he even ate at the king's table every day.
34 As long as Jehoiachin lived, he was paid a daily allowance to buy whatever he needed.