Study it in the app“And Ebed-melech the Cushite, a man, a court official, and he was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern —now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin—”
Jeremiah sinks in the mud of a cistern and Ebed-melech brings him outLoneliness
And Ebed-melechוַ עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְthe Cushite,הַכּוּשִׁיa man, a court official,אִישׁ סָרִיסand he wasוְהוּאin the houseבְּבֵיתof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְheardיִּשְׁמַעthatכִּיthey had putנָתְנוּJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּinto the cisternאֶל הַבּוֹר—now the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְwas sittingיוֹשֵׁבin the gateבְּשַׁעַרof Benjamin—בִּנְיָמִן
Ebed-melech
Ebed-melech: a name meaning "servant of the king"; a Cushite official of King Zedekiah who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern.
Where else “eved” appearsCushite
Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.
Where else “kushi” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsofficial, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “saris” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appearsdungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears“Ebed-melech” means “servant of the king.”
6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah son of the king, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with ropes. In the cistern there was no water, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
7 · This verse (above)
8And Ebed-melech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying,
