Ebed-melech
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now
[these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes
under the cords. And Jeremiah did so....
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Go 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....
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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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(Hebrew: עֶבֶד-מֶלֶךְ, Modern {{{2}}} Tiberian {{{3}}}; Latin:
Abdemelech) is mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah as an
official at the Palace of King Zedekiah,of Judah during the
Siege of Jerusalem. The name is translated as Servant of the
King, and as such may not be his proper name but a hereditary
title. The text relates that he was an Ethio...
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e-bed-me'-lek, eb-ed-me'-lek (`ebhedh-mekekh, "servant of the
king" or "of (god) Melek"): An Ethiopian eunuch in the service
of King Zedekiah, who interceded with the king for the prophet
Jeremiah and rescued him from the dungeon into which he had
been cast to die (Jer 38:7-13). For this, the word of Yahweh
through Jeremiah promised Ebed-melee...
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(An Ethiopian)
-Jeremiah rescued by
Jer 38:7-13
-Prophecy concerning
Jer 39:16-18...
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(a king's servant), an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of
King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was
released from prison. Jer 38:7 ff.; Jere 39:15 ff. (B.C.
1589)....
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a servant of the king; probably an official title, an
Ethiopian,
"one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house;"
i.e., in the
palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with
the king
in Jeremiah's behalf, and was the means of saving him
from death
by famine (Jer. 38:7-13: comp. 39:15-18)....
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("king's stare".) (An oriental phrase), an Ethiopian eunuch
of king Zedekiah, instrumental in Jeremiah's deliverance out
of Malchiah's dungeon pit. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian Gentile
slave, did that which none of Jeremiah's own countrymen
attempted in his behalf. Often God raises friends to His
people from quarters from whence least they could ...
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