Zerah from Ethiopia led an army of a million soldiers and three hundred chariots to the town of Mareshah in Judah.

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch (officer) who worked in the royal palace, heard that they had put me in the well. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate.

Then the king ordered Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, Take with you three men and to pull him out of the well before he dies.

He told me to put the rags under my arms, so that the ropes would not hurt me. I did this.

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.