32. Evil Merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave Jehoiachin a place of honor higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
33. So Jehoiachin took his prison clothes off. For the rest of his life, he ate regularly at the king’s table.
34. Every day the king of Babylon paid Jehoiachin enough to take care of his needs until the day Jehoiachin died.