Jeremiah 52:32
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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)
Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And spake kindly unto 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 above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were in Babylon with him.

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 spoke kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

American King James Version
And 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 thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Darby Bible Translation
and he spoke kindly unto 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 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 setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

52:31-34 See this history of king Jehoiachin in 2Ki 25:27-30. Those under oppression will find it is not in vain for them to hope and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. Our times are in God's hand, for the hearts of all we have to deal with are so. May we be enabled, more and more, to rest on the Rock of Ages, and to look forward with holy faith to that hour, when the Lord will bring again Zion, and overthrow all the enemies of the church.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And spake kindly unto him,.... Used him with great familiarity, treated him with great respect: or, "spake good things to him" (s); comforted him in his captive state, and promised him many favours; and was as good as his word:

and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; these kings were either petty kings over the several provinces that belonged to the Chaldean monarchy, that were occasionally at Babylon; or rather the kings Nebuchadnezzar had conquered, and taken captive, as Jehoiachin; such as the kings of Moab, Ammon, Edom, &c. these, notwithstanding they were captives, had thrones of state, partly in consideration of their former dignity, and partly for the glory of the Babylonish monarch; now Jehoiachin's throne was higher and more grand and stately than the rest, to show the particular respect the king of Babylon had for him.

(s) "ac locutus est cum eo bona", V. L. Schmidt.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

32. set his throne above—a mark of respect.

the kings—The Hebrew text reads (the other) "kings." "The kings" is a Masoretic correction.

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Evil-Merodach Releases Jehoiachin
31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. 32And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

2 Kings 25:28 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.
Ezekiel 26:7 "For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army.