Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made."

On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials.

but he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said.

In the year that Evilmerodach became king of Babylonia, he showed kindness to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison. This happened on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin had been taken away as prisoner.

But you, O LORD, are always my shield from danger; you give me victory and restore my courage.

In the year that Evil-merodach became king of Babylonia, he showed kindness to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison. This happened on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin had been taken away as a prisoner.

In three days the king will release you---and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."

On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials.