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# in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin
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after Jehoiachin had been an exile for more than 36 years
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# in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month
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This is the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-fifth day is near the middle of March on Western calendars.
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# It happened
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This phrase marks the beginning of a new part of the story.
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# Awel-Marduk
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He became the king of Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar.
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