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Jeremiah 38:7

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,

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ASV

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

KJV

Now when Ebed–melech 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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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁמַ֡עvai.yish.Ma'and he heardH8085 →
עֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-EbedH5663 →
מֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekhMelechH5663 →
הַכּוּשִׁ֜יha.ku.Shithe CushiteH3569 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376 →
סָרִ֗יסsa.Risa court-officialH5631 →
וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH1931 →
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veit[was] in [the] house ofH1004 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
נָתְנ֥וּna.te.Nuthey had putH5414 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
הַבּ֑וֹרha.Borthe cisternH953 →
וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428 →
יוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.Shev[was] sittingH3427 →
בְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arin [the] gate ofH8179 →
בִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144 →

The walk

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Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.Acts 8:27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,Jeremiah 37:13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”Jeremiah 29:2(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)Deuteronomy 21:19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,Joshua 20:4When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.Matthew 8:11–12I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.Luke 13:29–30People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”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.Luke 10:30–36Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.Zechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.Jeremiah 34:19The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.2 Kings 24:15Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.Acts 8:27–39So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,Job 29:7–17When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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