Nebuchadnezzar conquers and takes captive the people of Judah, appointing Gedaliah governor of Judah. Thirty-seven years later, Evil-merodach, the new king of Babylon, releases Jehoiachin from prison and treats him kindly.
BibleGateway: 2 Kings 25 ESV Text: 2 Kings 25 2 Kings 25 (Listen) Fall and Captivity of Judah 25:1 And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they…