Scripture: 2 Kings 25:27–30; Jeremiah 52:31–34
The exiled king Jehoiachin lives in Babylon and receives a regular allowance from the king.
Tablets from Nebuchadnezzar's palace at Babylon, excavated by Robert Koldewey's team and published by Ernst Weidner in 1939, list oil rations for 'Ya'u-kin, king of the land of Yahud' and his five sons. They are in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.
Babylon, IraqView on OpenStreetMap
