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My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to dieforhunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
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Then the kingcommandedEbedmelech the Ethiopian,saying, Take from hence thirtymen with thee, and take upJeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.