עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ
e.ved me.lekh
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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Concordance 6 verses
- Jeremiah 38:7 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ
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,
- Jeremiah 38:8 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֖לֶךְ
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
- Jeremiah 38:10 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֥לֶךְ
So 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־מֶ֨לֶךְ
Then 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־מֶ֨לֶךְ
Ebed-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.
