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Jeremiah 38:8

then went forth Ebed-melech out of the house of the king, and spake unto the king, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ebed-Melech;   Ethiopia;   Eunuch;   Intercession;   Jeremiah;   Minister, Christian;   Prisoners;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ebed-Melech;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethiopia;   Zedekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Persecution;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ebed-Melech;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Black People and Biblical Perspectives;   Cushite;   Prison, Prisoners;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Pashhur;   Prison;   Zedekiah,;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dungeon;   Ebedmelech ;   Eunuch;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ebed-melech;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ethiopia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ebed-Melech;   Pashhur;   Zedekiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ebed-Melech;   Pashur;   Well;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ebed-melech went from the king’s palace and spoke to the king:
Hebrew Names Version
`Eved-Melekh went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
King James Version
Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying,
English Standard Version
Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,
New American Standard Bible
and Ebed-melech went out from the king's palace and spoke to the king, saying,
New Century Version
Ebed-Melech left the palace and went to the king. Ebed-Melech said to him,
Amplified Bible
Ebed-melech went out of the king's palace and spoke to the king, saying,
World English Bible
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and spoke to the king, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Ebed-melech went out from the king's palace and said to the king,
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Eved-Melekh left the palace and said to the king,
Darby Translation
—and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Ebed Melech said, "My lord and king, these officials have done evil. They have treated Jeremiah the prophet badly. They have thrown him into a cistern and left him there to die."
George Lamsa Translation
So Ebed-melech went forth out of the kings house and spoke to the king, saying,
Good News Translation
So Ebedmelech went there and said to the king,
Lexham English Bible
Ebed-melech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying,
Literal Translation
Ebed-melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he went out off the kynges house, and spake to the kynge (which the sat vnder the porte off Ben Iamin) these wordes:
American Standard Version
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Ebed-melech went foorth out of the kings house, and spake to the king, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He went out of the kynges house, and spake to the king, which then sate vnder the port of Beniamin, these wordes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.
English Revised Version
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Abdemalech yede out of the kyngis hous, and spak to the kyng,
Update Bible Version
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
New English Translation
Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,
New King James Version
Ebed-Melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying:
New Living Translation
so Ebed-melech rushed from the palace to speak with him.
New Life Bible
And Ebedmelech went from the king's house and said to him,
New Revised Standard
So Ebed-melech left the king's house and spoke to the king,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abdemelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying:
Revised Standard Version
E'bed-mel'ech went from the king's house and said to the king,
Young's Literal Translation
and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Ebed-melech went out from the king's palace and spoke to the king, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And, when Shephatiah son of Mattan and Gedaliah son of Pashhur and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, heard the words which Jeremiah was speaking unto all the people saying: 2 Thus saith Yahweh, He that remaineth in this city shall die, by sword by famine, or by pestilence, - whereas, he that goeth forth unto the Chaldeans, shall live, so shall he have his life for a spoil, and shall live. 3 Thus, saith Yahweh, - This city shall surely be given, into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it. 4 Then said the princes unto the king, - Let this man we pray thee, be put to death, for in this way, is he weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this, city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them such words as these; for, this man, is not seeking prosperity for this people but misfortune. 5 Then said King Zedekiah, - Lo! he is in your hand; for the king is not one who is able to do anything against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard-court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes, - now, in the dungeon, was no water only mire, so Jeremiah sank in the mire. 7 When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian one of the eunuchs, he being in the house of the king, heard that they had delivered Jeremiah into the dungeon, - the king being seated in the gate of Benjamin, 8 then went forth Ebed-melech out of the house of the king, and spake unto the king, saying: 9 My lord, O King! wickedly, have these men done all that they haw done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom indeed they have cast into the dungeon, - since he would have died where he was because of the famine, for there is no bread any longer, in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian saying, - Take with thee from hence thirty men, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he die.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:3 - Behold Micah 7:18 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 38:5
And she, yet again, bare a son, and called his name Shelah, - and she, was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Genesis 38:8
Then said Judah to Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and fulfil the duty of a brother-in-law unto her, - and raise up seed, to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9
And Onan knew that the seed would not be his, - and so although he did go in unto his brothers wife, yet made he waste upon the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother.
Genesis 38:10
And it was displeasing, in the eyes of Yahweh what he had done, - so he put, him also, to death,
Genesis 38:11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law - Remain a widow in the house of thy father until Shelah my son grow up. For he said, Lest, he also, die, like his brethren. So Tamar went her way, and remained in the house of her father.
Genesis 38:23
And Judah said: Thou must take it to her, lest we become a contempt, - lo! I sent this kid, and, thou, hast not found her.
Genesis 38:27
And, it came to pass at the time of her travail, that lo! twins, were in her womb.
Leviticus 18:16
The shame of thy brother's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - the shame of thy brother, it is.
Ruth 1:11
Then said Naomi - Go back, my daughters! wherefore should ye journey with me? Have I, yet, sons in my womb, that they should become your, husbands?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house,.... As soon as he heard of the prophet's distress, he immediately went out from his apartments in the king's palace, where he performed his office, and his business chiefly lay, or where he dwelt, to the gate of Benjamin, where the king was; and if he was here for the administration of justice, it was a proper time and place for Ebedmelech to lay the case of Jeremiah before him:

and spake to the king; freely, boldly, and intrepidly, in the presence of his nobles:

saying; as follows:


 
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