A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.38.7 § Ebed-melech = "servant of the king" an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison
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H5663 — עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ
e.ved me.lekh · Ebed-melech · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Jeremiah 38:7 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְNow 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,Jeremiah 38:8 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֖לֶךְEbed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,Jeremiah 38:10 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֥לֶךְSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”Jeremiah 38:11 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְThen Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.Jeremiah 38:12 · עֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְEbed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,Jeremiah 39:16 · לְעֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְ“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.