Jeremiah 52:32
Good News Translation
Evil-merodach treated him kindly and gave him a position of greater honor than he gave the other kings who were exiles with him in Babylonia.

New Revised Standard Version
he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Contemporary English Version
Evil Merodach was kind to Jehoiachin and honored him more than any of the other kings held prisoner there.

New American Bible
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne higher than the thrones of the other kings who 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he spoke kindly to him, and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Proverbs 12:25 Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

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Jeremiah 27:6-11 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon my servant: moreover also the beasts of the field I have given him to serve him. . . .

Daniel 2:37 Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:

Daniel 5:18,19 O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour. . . .

Context
Evil-merodach Releases Jehoiachin
31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, 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 Joachin king of Juda, and brought him forth out of prison. 32And he spoke kindly to him, and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon.33And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread before him always all the days of his life.…
Cross References
2 Kings 25:28
And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Ezekiel 26:7
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will bring against Tyre Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, the king of kings, from the north, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and companies, and much people.

Jeremiah 52:31
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