2Ki 25:27 | NET2full | STEP | In the thirty - seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah , on the twenty - seventh day of the twelfth month , King Evil Merodach of Babylon , in the first year of his reign , pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison .

‏ 2 Kings 25:27

Jehoiachin in Babylon

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh ^{▼▼sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”} day of the twelfth month, ^{▼▼sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.} King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign ^{▼▼sn Heb “in the year of his be[coming] king” or “in the year that he began to reign.” This may be a reference to Evil Merodach’s (Amel Marduk in Babylonian) accession year, the months before New Year’s day which would mark the beginning of his first official year of kingship.} , pardoned ^{▼▼tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”} King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him ^{▼▼tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.} from prison.