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29 Then in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year[a] he took 832 more. 30 In Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year[b] he sent Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who took 745 more—a total of 4,600 captives in all.

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31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[c] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 52:29 This exile in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 586 B.c.
  2. 52:30 This exile in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 581 B.c.
  3. 52:31a Hebrew He raised the head of.
  4. 52:31b Hebrew on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was March 31, 561 B.c.; also see note on 52:4a.

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