Ebed-melech

How Nave’s arranged it

• (An Ethiopian)
• Jeremiah rescued byJeremiah 38:7–13
• Prophecy concerningJeremiah 39:16–18

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Jeremiah 38:7–13

   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,

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 38:7–132 voices

   “Ebed-melech--The Hebrew designation given this Ethiopian, meaning "king's servant." Already, even at this early time, God wished to show what good reason there was for calling the Gentiles to salvation.

   “Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,....

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2. Jeremiah 39:16–18

   “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.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 39:16–182 voices

   “Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopians,....

   “[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section which we are going to discuss, is historically prior to the two previous sections.

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