# 2 Kings 25:27

> On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

— 2 Kings 25:27, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Genesis 40:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/40/20
- Jeremiah 52:31-34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/52/31
- Genesis 40:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/40/13
- 2 Kings 24:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/24/12
- Proverbs 21:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/21/1
- 2 Kings 24:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/24/15

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).