25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians.
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.
28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honour higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.
30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.Footnotes for the Book of 2 Kingsa 1 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verse 6b 11 That is, he was Elijah’s personal servant.a 25 That is, about 920 gramsb 25 That is, probably about 100 gramsc 25 Or of doves’ dungd 25 That is, about 58 gramsa 10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.b 21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24c 29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramotha 1 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate of the citya In Hebrew texts 12:1-21 is numbered 12:2-22.b 1 Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash; also in verses 2, 4, 6, 7 and 18c 16 Or purification offeringsa 1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 13, 23 and 27b 6 Deut. 24:16c 13 That is, about 180 metresd 21 Also called Uzziahe 25 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabahf 26 Or Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, anda 12 Or and went upb 18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint)a 2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijahb 4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.c 14 That is, about 10 metric tonsd 14 That is, about one metric tone 24 Or charioteersa 17 Or by everything they have doneb 19 That is, their names would be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, others would see that they are cursed.a 2 Or Chaldean