Jeremiah 38:8

8 ¹Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,

Jeremiah 38:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 38:8

And Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house
As soon as he heard of the prophet's distress, he immediately went out from his apartments in the king's palace, where he performed his office, and his business chiefly lay, or where he dwelt, to the gate of Benjamin, where the king was; and if he was here for the administration of justice, it was a proper time and place for Ebedmelech to lay the case of Jeremiah before him: and spake to the king;
freely, boldly, and intrepidly, in the presence of his nobles: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 38:8 In-Context

6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

7 When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern--the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate--

8 Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,

9 "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city."

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 7 above]