unfoldingWord_en_tn/jer/52/31.md

# in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin

after Jehoiachin had been an exile for more than 36 years (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month

This is the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-fifth day is near the middle of March on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# It happened

This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story.

# Awel-Marduk

He became the king of Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])