Bible Strands
2 Kings 25:30
And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator concludes the account of Jerusalem’s fall by recording that the Babylonian monarch established a regular sustenance grant for the deposed Judahite king Jehoiachin.
The words — The Hebrew אֲרֻחַת תָּמִיד ('a.ru.Chat ta.Mid) literally translates to "a continuous allowance" or daily portion. This phrasing specifies a fixed, ongoing provision rather than a discretionary favor.
The thread — The motif of daily sustenance appears in the royal ordinance for temple singers (Nehemiah 11:23) and the petition for daily bread (Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3).
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to note that political exile does not terminate earthly provision, prompting an examination of how sovereign authority functions across fallen kingdoms.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Luke 11:3 Give us each day our daily bread.
- Nehemiah 11:23 For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
- Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
- Nehemiah 12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
- Daniel 1:5 The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
- Genesis 48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Acts 6:1 In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.