Jeremiah 38:7
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
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Gill's Exposition
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,.... The Targum renders it,
"a servant of King Zedekiah;''
which Jarchi, and other writers, following, make Zedekiah to be the Ethiopian; so called, because as an…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Ebed-melech - i. e., the king’s slave. By “Ethiopian” or Cushite is meant the Cushite of Africa, or negro. It seems (compare 2Ki 23:11) as if such eunuchs (or, chamberlains) took their names from the…
Here, 1. Jeremiah persists in his plain preaching; what he had many a time said, he still says (Jer 38:3): This city shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon; though it hold out long, it…
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