27 In the year that Evilmerodach became king of Babylonia, he showed kindness to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison. This happened on the 27th day of the twelfth month of the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away as prisoner.
28 Evilmerodach treated him kindly, and gave him a position of greater honour than he gave the other kings who were exiles with him in Babylonia.
29 So Jehoiachin was permitted to change from his prison clothes and to dine at the king's table for the rest of his life.
30 Each day, for as long as he lived, he was given a regular allowance for his needs.