In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Twentieth. Jeremias (52:31) says the 25th, when Nabuchodonosor was buried, and ( D.) the decree was made, though it was not put in execution till two days later. Calmet.—Evilmerodach, whose proper name was Baltassar, (Daniel 5:1. Tirinus.) or the latter was his son. The Jews say that he had been confined in prison, with Joachin, because he had not administered the kingdom well, during the seven years’ illness of his father Nabuchodonosor. Berosus (ap. Jos. chapter 1. and Euseb. præp. ix. 40. who cites also Megasthenes) informs us that he reigned with insolence during two years, when he was treacherously murdered by his father-in-law, Neriglissor.