Ebedmelech
에벳멜렉
Named at Jeremiah 38:7 as “Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house”. 38:7–13 says that when he heard “that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon”, he went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet”; that the king commanded him, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies”; that he took the men with him and let rags and worn-out garments down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah; and that “they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon”. 39:15–18 gives, in the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard, “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian”, and the words for him, “But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.” The Korean Revised Version calls him 왕궁 환관 구스인 에벳멜렉 (Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch of the king’s house).
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- JER 38:7–13, engwebp
7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),
8Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
9“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. He is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.”
10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”
11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so.
13So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- JER 39:15–18, engwebp
15Now the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
16“Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you in that day.
17But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
18For I will surely save you. You won’t fall by the sword, but you will escape with your life, because you have put your trust in me,” says the LORD.’”
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Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),
Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so.
“Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you in that day.
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Current wording: Named at Jeremiah 38:7 as “Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house”. 38:7–13 says that when he heard “that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon”, he went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet”; that the king commanded him, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies”; that he took the men with him and let rags and worn-out garments down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah; and that “they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon”. 39:15–18 gives, in the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard, “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian”, and the words for him, “But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.” The Korean Revised Version calls him 왕궁 환관 구스인 에벳멜렉 (Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch of the king’s house).
Cited evidence: JER 38:7–13, engwebp / JER 39:15–18, engwebp
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