"Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison." v.27
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The last chapter of 2 Kings and the last of the people of Israel taken in to captivity. Captivity lasted seventy years and was under the Babylonian Empire and later the Medo-Persian Empire. Of course during all that time there were multiple kings and here we read of the second king of Babylon son of Nebuchadnezzar named Evil-Merodaach. Interesting name, in Babylonian Amil-marduk, “man of Merodach.” He took Jehoiachin out of prison; not sure why. "Influenced probably by Daniel, he showed kindness to Jehoiachin, who had been a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years." (biblestudytools.com). Sometimes in difficult places or situations one can create great bonds with others in the same situation that no matter what future comes they're never forgotten. Do you have a relationship like that in your life?
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