^{27 Ref} And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,

^{28 Ref} and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who `are' with him in Babylon,

^{29 Ref} and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

^{30 Ref} and his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.