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־ · מֶ֨לֶךְAnd 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,Jeremiah 38:8 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֖לֶךְand Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king’s house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,Jeremiah 38:10 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֥לֶךְAnd the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, ‘Take with thee from this thirty men, and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dieth.’Jeremiah 38:11 · עֶֽבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְAnd Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords.Jeremiah 38:12 · עֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְAnd Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, ‘Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,’ and Jeremiah doth so,Jeremiah 39:16 · לְעֶבֶד־ · מֶ֨לֶךְ‘Go, and thou hast spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in My words unto this city for evil, and not for good, and they have been before thee in that day.