25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh 4 day of the twelfth month, 5 King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned 6 King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him 7 from prison.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 750 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
3 tn Heb “six thousand gold […].” The unit of measure is not given in the Hebrew text. A number of English versions supply “pieces” (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, TEV) or “shekels” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV).
4 sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”
5 sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561
6 tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”
7 tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.