Jeremiah 38:8
6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
7 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
10 So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
- KJV
- Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
- WEB
- Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
- ASV
- Ebed-melech went forth out of the king`s house, and spake to the king, saying,
- DARBY
- and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
- BLB
- and Ebed-melech went forth from the house of the king, and he spoke to the king, saying:
- ÅB
- Så gikk Ebed-Melek ut av kongens hus og talte til kongen og sa:
- OTB
- Ebed-Melek gikk ut fra palasset og talte til kongen og sa:
- B1930
- Så gikk Ebed-Melek ut av kongens hus og talte til kongen og sa: