^{31 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 fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,

^{32 Ref} and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who `are' with him in Babylon,

^{33 Ref} and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.

^{34 Ref} And his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death -- all days of his life.