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Jeremiah 38:6-8
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah 38:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchi′ah, 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 mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Jeremiah Is Rescued by Ebed-melech
7 When E′bed-mel′ech 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 E′bed-mel′ech went from the king’s house and said to the king,
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