notes the fulfillment of two prophecies in this verse: Zedekiah would see the king of Babylon and then be taken to Babylon (the prophecy recorded in Jeremiah 32:4-5; Jeremiah 34:3) Zedekiah would die in Babylon without being able to see that country (the prophecy recorded in Ezekiel 12:13) Verse 12 Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. Cross reference: 2 Kings 25:8 The calamity surrounding the fall of Jerusalem (and the burning of the Solomon's Temple) is commemorated in modern times Judaism by an annual fast day "Tisha B'Av". Restoration of Jehoiachin (52:31–34) Verse 31 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-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. Verse 32 And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Verse 33 So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. Verse 34 And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life. Cross references: 2 Kings 24:12, , 25:27–30; 2 Chronicles 36:9–10; Jeremiah 22:24–26, 29:2; . "Ration": Some 6th-century clay tablets, which were excavated from the ruin of Babylon palace near the Ishtar Gate during 1899–1917 by Robert Koldewey, describe the food rations set aside for a royal captive identified with Jehoiachin, king of Judah. These so-called Jehoiachin's Rations Tablets mention "Ya’u-kīnu, king of the land of Yahudu" along with his five sons listed as royal princes. See also Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 24–25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 22, 29; Ezekiel 17 References Sources External links Jewish Jeremiah 52 Hebrew with Parallel English Christian Jeremiah 52, English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate 52