John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 25:29
2Ki 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. Ver. 29. And changed his prison garments. ] The like whereto befell Joseph, whose fetters one hour changed into a chain of gold, his rags into robes, his stocks into a chariot, his jail into a palace. So God turned again the captivity of Job, as the streams in the south. So Queen Elizabeth, after long restraint, was exalted from misery to majesty, from a prisoner to a princess,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 25:28
2Ki 25:28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon; Ver. 28. And he spake kindly to him. ] Heb., Good things with him: he both spake and did for him such good things as he little expected; but far better digested than Arthur L. Lisle did King Henry VIII’s courtesy; by whom having been cast into the Tower for suspicion of treason, he was afterwards not only acquitted, but comforted with such good words, besides a rich ring sent... read more