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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ebed-melech (Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
When officials left Jeremiah to die in a muddy cistern, this Cushite court official got him out. Through Jeremiah, God promised Ebed-melech his own life when Jerusalem fell.
First, in plain English
When officials left Jeremiah to die in a muddy cistern, this Cushite court official got him out. Through Jeremiah, God promised Ebed-melech his own life when Jerusalem fell.
Who this is
Ebed-melech was a Cushite court official who rescued the prophet Jeremiah from a muddy cistern where officials had left him to die, and God promised through Jeremiah that Ebed-melech would be spared when Jerusalem fell, a rare note of personal deliverance amid the city's destruction.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H5663
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 38:7
- Jeremiah 38:8
- Jeremiah 38:10
- Jeremiah 38:11
- Jeremiah 38:12
- Jeremiah 39:16
