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Then they tookJeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king'sson, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they letJeremiahdown with ropes. Now in the cisternthere was nowater but onlymud, and Jeremiahsank into the mud.
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But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, while he was in the king'spalace, heard that they had putJeremiah into the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin;
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"My lord the king, thesemen have actedwickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophetwhom they have cast into the cistern; and he will dierightwhere he is because* of the famine, for there is nomorebread in the city."
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Then the kingcommandedEbed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, "Takethirtymen from here under your authority and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cisternbefore he dies."
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So Ebed-melechtook the men under his authority and went into the king'spalace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from thereworn-outclothes and worn-outrags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah.