Dictionaries :: Ebed-Melech

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ebed-Melech:

a servant of the king; probably an official title, an Ethiopian, "one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house;" i.e., in the palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with the king in Jeremiah's behalf, and was the means of saving him from death by famine (Jer 38:7-13: comp. 39:15-18).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ebed-Melech:

the king's servant

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ebed-Melech:

e-bed-me'-lek, eb-ed-me'-lek (‘ebhedh-mekekh, "servant of the king" or "of (god) Melek"):

An Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, who interceded with the king for the prophet Jeremiah and rescued him from the dungeon into which he had been cast to die (Jer 38:7-13). For this, the word of Yahweh through Jeremiah promised Ebed-meleeh that his life should be spared in the fall of Jerusalem (Jer 39:15-18).

Nave's Topical Bible

Ebed-Melech: Definition Of

An Ethiopian

Ebed-Melech: Jeremiah Rescued By

Jer 38:7-13

Ebed-Melech: Prophecy Concerning

Jer 39:16-18