Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 25:27

"And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;" — 2 Kings 25:27 (ASV)

In the seven and thirtieth year ... — Jehoiachin was now fifty-five years old (2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:12).

On the seven and twentieth day. —Jeremiah 52:31: five and twentieth, which is probably right. (See Note on 2 Kings 25:19.)

Evil-merodach. — In Babylonian Amil-marduk, “man of Merodach.” (Compare the Hebrew Eshbaal, “man of Baal.”) There are in the British Museum some contract tablets dated from his regnal years (562, 561, 560 B.C.).

He came to the throne in 562 B.C. upon the death of Nebuchadnezzar, who had reigned forty-three years. According to the canon of Ptolemy, Evil-merodach reigned two years. He was murdered by his brother-in-law Neriglissar—that is, Nergal-sharezer.

Did lift up the head of Jehoiachin ... out of prison — that is, brought him out of prison (Genesis 40:13; Genesis 40:20). The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic add, “and brought him forth” before the words “out of prison.” So Jeremiah 52:31.