Ebed-melech

Ethiopian eunuch who rescued Jeremiah from a cistern

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  • 700 BC
    500 BC
  • Ebed-melech
    598 BC to 588 BC

Original word

  • עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ ebed-melech
    H5663
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Where Ebed-melech appears in Scripture

Jeremiah 38

וַיִּשְׁמַע עֶֽבֶד-מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אִישׁ סָרִיס וְהוּא בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּֽי-נָתְנוּ אֶֽת-יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל-הַבּוֹר וְהַמֶּלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִֽן׃
7
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
וַיֵּצֵא עֶֽבֶד-מֶלֶךְ מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹֽר׃
8
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
וַיְצַוֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת עֶֽבֶד-מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי לֵאמֹר קַח בְּיָדְךָ מִזֶּה שְׁלֹשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים וְֽהַעֲלִיתָ אֶֽת-יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא מִן-הַבּוֹר בְּטֶרֶם יָמֽוּת׃
10
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
וַיִּקַּח׀ עֶֽבֶד-מֶלֶךְ אֶת-הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּבֹא בֵית-הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל-תַּחַת הָאוֹצָר וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם בְּלוֹיֵ ‫(הסחבות)‬ סְחָבוֹת וּבְלוֹיֵ מְלָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם אֶֽל-יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל-הַבּוֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃
11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
וַיֹּאמֶר עֶבֶד-מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אֶֽל-יִרְמְיָהוּ שִׂים נָא בְּלוֹאֵי הַסְּחָבוֹת וְהַמְּלָחִים תַּחַת אַצִּלוֹת יָדֶיךָ מִתַּחַת לַחֲבָלִים וַיַּעַשׂ יִרְמְיָהוּ כֵּֽן׃
12
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Jeremiah 39

הָלוֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ לְעֶבֶד-מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה-אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי ‫(מבי)‬ מֵבִיא אֶת-דְּבָרַי אֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָה וְהָיוּ לְפָנֶיךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא׃
16
Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.