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 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),Jeremiah 38:8 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֖לֶךְEbedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,Jeremiah 38:10 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֥לֶךְThen 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.Jeremiah 38:11 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְSo Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.Jeremiah 38:12 · עֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְEbedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.Jeremiah 39:16 · לְעֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְGo, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.