2 Kings 25:28
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New International Version (©2011)
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were 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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He spoke kindly to him and elevated his position above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon.

NET Bible (©2006)
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

American King James Version
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

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,

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.

Darby Bible Translation
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat 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.

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;

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,

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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:22-30 The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and protector of the Jews left their land. But the things of their peace were so hidden from their eyes, that they knew not when they were well off. Ishmael basely slew him and all his friends, and, against the counsel of Jeremiah, the rest went to Egypt. Thus was a full end made of them by their own folly and disobedience; see Jeremiah chap. 40 to 45. Jehoiachin was released out of prison, where he had been kept 37 years. Let none say that they shall never see good again, because they have long seen little but evil: the most miserable know not what turn Providence may yet give to their affairs, nor what comforts they are reserved for, according to the days wherein they have been afflicted. Even in this world the Saviour brings a release from bondage to the distressed sinner who seeks him, bestowing foretastes of the pleasures which are at his right hand for evermore. Sin alone can hurt us; Jesus alone can do good to sinners.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 28. - And he spake kindly to him; literally, he spake good things with him; but the meaning is well expressed by our rendering. Evil-Merodach compassionated the sufferings of the unfortunate monarch, who had grown old in prison, and strove by kind speech to make up to him for them in a certain measure. And set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. Evil-Merodach had at his court other captured kings besides Jehoiachin, whose presence was considered to enhance his dignity and grandeur (comp. Judges 1:7). An honorable position and probably a seat of honor was assigned to each; but the highest position among them was now conferred on Jehoiachin. Whether he had actually a more elevated seat, is (as Bahr observes) a mattes of no importance.

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Jehoiachin Released from Prison
27And it came to pass 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 Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

Jeremiah 52:32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
Daniel 2:37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;
Daniel 5:18 "Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.
Daniel 5:19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.