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Summary

Now when Ebedmelech 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;

Ebed-melech

Bible References

Ebed-melech

Jeremiah 39:16
"Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.

Ethiopian

Jeremiah 13:23
But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?
Psalm 68:31
They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
Matthew 8:11
I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last."
Luke 10:30
Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.
Luke 13:29
Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.
Acts 8:27
So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,

The king

Jeremiah 37:13
But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!"
Deuteronomy 21:19
his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
Amos 5:10
The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

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