seven and thirtieth year. Compare 2 Kings 25:27-30. See App-50.
Jehoiachin. Elsewhere in this book called "Jeconiah" (Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2), or "Coniah" (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28).
five and twentieth. The order given then, but probably not carried out till the "seven and twentieth", according to 2 Kings 25:27.
Evil-merodach. The son of Nebuchadnezzar.
lifted up the head. Hebrew idiom for releasing. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 40:13; Genesis 40:20).