Jeremiah 38:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords: and in the dungeon there was no water but mire: so Jeremiah stuck fast in the mire.
7 Now when Ebed-Melech ye [a]black Moor, one of the Eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon, (then the king sat in the [b]gate of Benjamin)
8 And Ebed-Melech went out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
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- Jeremiah 38:7 Hebrew, Cushite, or Ethiopian.
- Jeremiah 38:7 To hear matters and give sentence.
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