What does 2 Kings 25:27 mean?

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, Evil-merodach, the king of Babylon, released Jehoiachin from prison and treated him kindly. 2 Kings 25:27 - Modern Text Bible

(Many years later, a new Babylonian king showed mercy to Jehoiachin, the former king of Judah, giving him a better life in exile.)