{"id":6049,"date":"2017-07-04T09:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6049"},"modified":"2017-07-04T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T13:15:50","slug":"now-it-came-to-pass-in-the-thirty-seventh-year-of-the-captivity-of-jehoiachin-king-of-judah-in-the-twelfth-month-on-the-twenty-seventh-day-of-the-month-that-evil-merodach-king-of-babylon-in-the","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/now-it-came-to-pass-in-the-thirty-seventh-year-of-the-captivity-of-jehoiachin-king-of-judah-in-the-twelfth-month-on-the-twenty-seventh-day-of-the-month-that-evil-merodach-king-of-babylon-in-the","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison&#8221; (2 Kings 25:27 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long and depressing description of Judah&#8217;s decline and ultimate fall, the author of 2 Kings offered a glimmer of hope. After thirty-seven years in prison, the deposed king of Judah, Jehoiachin, was released and given a royal pension to live on the rest of his days by Evil-Merodach, son of Nebuchadnezzar. Thus, by God&#8217;s grace the seed of David was preserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long and depressing description of Judah&#8217;s decline and ultimate fall, the author of 2 Kings offered a glimmer of hope. After thirty-seven years in prison, the deposed king of Judah, Jehoiachin, was released and given a royal pension to live on the rest of his days by Evil-Merodach, son of Nebuchadnezzar. Thus, by God&#8217;s grace the seed of David was preserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1279],"scripture-chapter":[1358],"oyb_day":[1712],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6049","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-kings","scripture-chapter-1358","oyb_day-july-4"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}