KJV ORIGINALIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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✦ MADE SIMPLEThis was on the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year that King Jehoiachin had been taken captive.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINESometimes God shows up in the middle of our longest, hardest seasons.
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2 Kings 24:15
He took Jehoiachin away to Babylon as a prisoner, along with the king's mother, his wives, his officials, and all the powerful people of the land. All of these people were carried away as captives from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:27
It happened in the thirty-seventh year after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken captive, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. Evil-merodach, the new king of Babylon, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison in the first year of his reign.
Jeremiah 52:31
Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken captive, something incredible happened. The new king of Babylon, Evil-merodach, decided to show mercy in his first year as ruler. On the 25th day of the 12th month, he personally released Jehoiachin from prison and restored his honor.
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