KJV King James Version
And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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2 Kings 25:30
And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
WEB World English Bible
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
ASV American Standard Version
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and his allowance—a continual allowance—hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 25
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon;
29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30 And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹH737 · a.ru.chahrationאֲרֻחַ֨תH737 · a.ru.chahrationתָּמִ֧ידH8548 · ta.midcontinuallyנִתְּנָה־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלּ֛וֹH9033 · ohimמֵאֵ֥תH854 · etwithהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingדְּבַר־H1697 · da.varwordי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayבְּיוֹמ֑וֹH3117 · yomdayכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallיְמֵ֥יH3117 · yomdayחַיָּֽו׃H2416 · chayalive
Cross-references
Luke 11:3Give us day by day our daily bread.Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.Nehemiah 11:23For [it was] the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.Nehemiah 12:47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.Daniel 1:5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.Acts 6:1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.Genesis 48:15-16And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
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