Jeremiah 52:31

“And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, etc.] He was eighteen years of age when he was carried captive; so that he must be now fifty five years old; (see <122408>2 Kings 24:8); in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month; in the month Adar, which answers to part of February, and part of March: in (<122527>2 Kings 25:27); the favour shown by the king of Babylon to Jeconiah, after related, is said to be in the twenty seventh day of the month; it might have been determined and notified on the twenty fifth, but not executed till the twenty seventh; or it might be begun to be put in execution on the twenty fifth, and…”

“(Kg2 25:27-30). five and twentieth day--but in Kg2 25:27, it is "the twenty-seventh day." Probably on the twenty-fifth the decree for his elevation was given, and the preparations for it made by releasing him from prison; and on the twenty-seventh day it was carried into effect. Evil-merodach--son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar [LYRA]; and the Hebrew writers say that during Nebuchadnezzar's exclusion from men among beasts, Evil-merodach administered the government. When Nebuchadnezzar at the end of seven years was restored, hearing of his son's misconduct and that he had exulted in his father's calamity, he threw him into prison, where the latter met Jeconiah and contracted a friendship…”

“52:31-34 This paragraph repeats 2 Kgs 25:27-30. This part of the narrative supplies the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prediction of Jehoiachin’s future (see Jer 22:24-30). • Evil-merodach reigned in Babylon 561–560 BC. Several inscriptions found in a basement near Babylon’s Ishtar Gate tell of rations of food provided to Jehoiachin and his family.”

“am 3442, bc 562 it came: Kg2 25:27-30 in the twelfth: Nearly answering to our 25th of April, am 3442. king of Babylon: Pro 21:1 lifted up: This phrase is founded on the observation that those in sorrow hold down their heads; and, when comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads. Gen 40:13, Gen 40:20; Job 22:29; Psa 3:3, Psa 27:6 Jeremiah 52:32”

“The closing portion of this chapter, viz., the notice regarding the liberation of Jehoiachin from imprisonment, ad his elevation to royal honours by Evil-merodach after Nebuchadnezzar's death, substantially agrees with the account given of that even in Kg2 25:27-30. The difference of date, "on the twenty-fifth of the month" ( Jer 52:31), and "on the twenty-seventh of the month" in 2 Kings, has arisen through the entrance of a clerical error into one text or the other. The few remaining variations of the two texts have no influence on the meaning. As to the fact itself, and its importance for the people languishing in exile, we may refer to the explanation given at Kg2 25:27. Next:…”