Verse Lens · Concise explanation
2 Kings 25:29 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 29. 29And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Jehoiachin is released and sustained in Babylon.”
After thirty-seven years a new Babylonian king lifts Jehoiachin's head
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Kings 25:27–30. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Kings 25:27–30
Read 2 Kings 25:29 with 25:27–30. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: After thirty-seven years Evil-merodach releases Jehoiachin, speaks kindly, raises his seat, replaces prison clothes, and grants a daily allowance for life.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Jehoiachin is released and sustained in Babylon,” 2 Kings 25:29 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: After executions, exile, assassination, and refugee flight, Jehoiachin's release supplies a modest personal and dynastic change within continuing Babylonian rule rather than completed restoration.
Read 2 Kings 25:27–30 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 25:27–30 forms one scene or regnal notice: After thirty-seven years Evil-merodach releases Jehoiachin, speaks kindly, raises his seat, replaces prison clothes, and grants a daily allowance for life.
Verse 27. 27 And 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 Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Verse 28. 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
Verse 29. 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
Verse 30. 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
What Remains True
Theological interpretation never makes imperial domination morally clean or turns displaced and subjected people into scenery for a ruler's story. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: After thirty-seven years Evil-merodach releases Jehoiachin, speaks kindly, raises his seat, replaces prison clothes, and grants a daily allowance for life. In 2 Kings 25:29, the concrete line “And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Kings 25:27–30 — Jehoiachin is released and sustained in BabylonSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 25:27–30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 25:27–30
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 666–667, translation and translator notes for 25:27–30
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