The Meaning of 2 Kings 25:30 Explained

2 Kings 25:30

KJV: And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

YLT: and his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.

Darby: and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

ASV: and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And his allowance  [was] a continual  allowance  given  him of the king,  a daily  rate  for every day,  all the days  of his life. 

What does 2 Kings 25:30 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 25:22-30 - The Remnant Flee To Egypt
Thus at last the city, which had been full of people, sat solitary, bewailed by Jeremiah in exquisite elegies. The poorest only were left, under Gedaliah, the constant friend to Jeremiah. See Jeremiah 40:6. His brief rule brought a gleam of light, a transient relief from the long monotony of disaster and despair. But the dastardly murder of this noble man by Ishmael, who was jealous of him, added the last bitter ingredient to the already bitter cup of the harried remnant, Jeremiah 40:1-16; Jeremiah 41:1-18. Notwithstanding Jeremiah's earnest protestations, they finally deserted their own land, and settled in Egypt, Jeremiah 44:1.
Thus ended the kingdom of Judah, and thereafter the Jews became a scattered people. Though the return under Ezra seemed likely to renew their kingdom, this also was a transient dream which ended in their final overthrow in a.d. 70. Note how pathetically, in his last paragraph, the chronicler snatches at the one small crumb of comfort left, in the pity providentially shown to Jehoiachin by the Babylonian king. God had not forgotten the sure mercies of David!
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Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 25

1  Jerusalem is besieged
4  Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out
8  Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;
13  and carries away the treasures
18  The nobles are slain at Riblah
22  Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt
27  Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 25:30 mean?

And as for his provisions [there was] ration a regular given him by the king a portion each day for each day all the days of his life
וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד נִתְּנָה־ לּ֛וֹ מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דְּבַר־ י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽו

וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ  And  as  for  his  provisions 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲרֻחָה  
Sense: meal, allowance, ration.
אֲרֻחַ֨ת  [there  was]  ration 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲרֻחָה  
Sense: meal, allowance, ration.
תָּמִ֧יד  a  regular 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
נִתְּנָה־  given 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
דְּבַר־  a  portion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
י֣וֹם  each  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ  for  each  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יְמֵ֥י  the  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
חַיָּֽו  of  his  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.