KJV King James Version
Now when Ebedmelech 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;
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Jeremiah 38:7
Now when Ebedmelech 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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
WEB World English Bible
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 then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
ASV American Standard Version
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who is in the king’s house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 38
4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you.
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 Now when Ebedmelech 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;
8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake 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; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.
10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
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וַיִּשְׁמַ֡עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearעֶֽבֶד־H5663 · e.ved me.lekhEbed-melechמֶ֨לֶךְH5663 · e.ved me.lekhEbed-melechהַכּוּשִׁ֜יH3569 · ku.shiEthiopianאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanסָרִ֗יסH5631 · sa.riseunuchוְהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itבְּבֵ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנָתְנ֥וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִרְמְיָ֖הוּH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַבּ֑וֹרH953 · borpitוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיוֹשֵׁ֖בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּשַׁ֥עַרH8179 · sha.argateבִּנְיָמִֽן׃H1144 · bin.ya.minBenjamin
Cross-references
Amos 5:10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.Jeremiah 29:2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)Jeremiah 37:13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.Deuteronomy 21:19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;Luke 13:29-30And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.Matthew 8:11-12And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.Jeremiah 39:16-18Go and speak to Ebedmelech 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.Luke 10:30-36And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead.Matthew 20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.2 Kings 24:15And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.Job 29:7-17When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!Acts 8:27-39And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,Psalm 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.Jeremiah 34:19The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
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