Reference: Ebedmelech

E'bed-me'lech

Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah. He aided Jeremiah and God sent word to him that he should be delivered from death at the taking of Jerusalem. Jer 38:7-12; 39:16-18.

E'bed-me'lech

(a king's servant), an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison.

Jer 38:7

ff.; Jere 39:15 ff. (B.C. 1589).