Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
The king
Bible References
Ebed-melech
Jeremiah 39:16
Tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian that Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'Just as I said I would, I am going to bring upon this city destruction and not prosperity. When this happens, you will be there to see it.
Ethiopian
Jeremiah 13:23
Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?
Psalm 68:31
Ambassadors will come from Egypt. Sudan will stretch out its hands to God in prayer.
Matthew 8:11
I tell you, many will come from the east and the west, to sit down with Abraham, and 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 answered: A man traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho. He fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him and left him half dead.
Luke 13:29
People will come from east, west, north and south and sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God.
Acts 8:27
He went and an Ethiopian eunuch (government official), a man of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship.
The king
Jeremiah 37:13
When he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said: You are deserting to the Babylonians!
Deuteronomy 21:19
His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
Amos 5:10
You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).