Jer 52:31-32 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 31. In the twelfth month ] Answering nearly to our twenty-fifth of April, A.M. 3442. Lifted up the head of Jehoiachin ] This phrase is taken from . It is founded on the observation that those who are in sorrow hold down their heads, and when they are comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads . The Hebrew phrase, lift up the head , signifies to comfort, cheer, make happy .

‏ Jeremiah 52:31-32

Verse 31. In the twelfth month] Answering nearly to our twenty-fifth of April, A.M. 3442.

Lifted up the head of Jehoiachin] This phrase is taken from Ge 40:13. It is founded on the observation that those who are in sorrow hold down their heads, and when they are comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads. The Hebrew phrase, lift up the head, signifies to comfort, cheer, make happy.

Verse 32. Spake kindly] Conversed freely with him.

Set his throne] Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes, or better than even his own princes had, probably near his person.