32And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. …
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: …
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-34)This passage of story concerning the reviving which king Jehoiachin had in his bondage we had likewise before (2 Kgs. 25:27-30), only there it is said to be done on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month , here on the twenty-fifth ; but in a thing of this nature two days make a very slight difference in the account. It is probable that the orders were given for his release on the twenty-fifth…
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