Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
It came to pass
King of babylon
Lift up the head
Bible References
It came to pass
Jeremiah 24:5
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 52:31
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
King of babylon
Proverbs 21:1 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.
He directs it wherever He chooses.
Lift up the head
Genesis 40:13
In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.