Jeremiah 52:32-34

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³²He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were [captives] with him in Babylon,

³³Jehoiachin put off his prison garments, and he dined regularly at the king’s table all the days of his life.

³⁴And his allowance, a continual one, was given him by the king of Babylon, a portion according to his requirements until the day of his death, ^[a]all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 52:34 The latter of these clauses is probably an afterthought in order to prevent ending the book with the word “death.” The general object too of the paragraph [the last four verses] seems to have been to leave the reader with a parting ray of comfort and encouragement in the thought that even in exile the Lord remembered His people and softened the heart of the heathen tyrant toward David’s seed (The Cambridge Bible). Note also the contrast between Zedekiah, who remained in prison till the day he died (Jer. 52:11), and Jehoiachin, who was released from prison and treated well by the Babylonian kings till the day he died.