Ebedmelech

Also known as: Ebedmelech the Ethiopian · Family: Ethiopia · Role: eunuch in the king's house · First appears: Jeremiah 38

In Jeremiah 38, Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs in Zedekiah’s house, told Zedekiah that the men who had cast Jeremiah into the dungeon had done evil and that Jeremiah was near death from hunger. Zedekiah then commanded Ebedmelech to take thirty men and remove Jeremiah from the dungeon before he died. Ebedmelech and his men pulled Jeremiah up with cords from the mire, and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

In Jeremiah 39, God promised to deliver Ebedmelech from the men he feared and not give him into their hands.

Relationship record

Life events

• Zedekiah commanded Ebedmelech to remove Jeremiah from the dungeon before he died.(Jeremiah 38 · 📍 the dungeon)
  • With: Zedekiah Jeremiah
  • “Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.”
• Ebedmelech and his men pulled Jeremiah from the dungeon, where he had sunk in mire.(Jeremiah 38 · 📍 the court of the prison)
  • With: Jeremiah
  • “So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.”
• God promised to deliver Ebedmelech from those he feared.(Jeremiah 39)
  • With: God
  • “But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.”

Jeremiah 38

• commander: Zedekiah “Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.”
• with Jeremiah (Ebedmelech rescued Jeremiah from the dungeon.) “So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.”
• employer: Zedekiah “Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house”
• with Zedekiah (Ebedmelech petitioned the king concerning Jeremiah's imprisonment.) “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 39

• with God (God promised to deliver Ebedmelech.) “But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.