2nd Kings Chapter 25 verse 28 Holy Bible
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
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And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
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And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
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and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who `are' with him in Babylon,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Set his throne above the throne of the kings . . .--Gave him precedence of the other captive kings who were kept at the Babylonian court by way of enhancing its glory (comp. Judges 1:7), and probably marked this precedence by allowing him a higher chair of state in the royal hall. So Cyrus kept Croesus king of Lydia at his court (Herod, i. 88). We may remember also the chivalrous behaviour of our own Black Prince towards his royal captive John of France.
