25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh 2 day of the twelfth month, 3 King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned 4 King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him 5 from prison.
24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 6 His mother 7 was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”
3 sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561
4 tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”
5 tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”