Jeremiah 38:8 “Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,”

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

World English Bible

Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

American Standard Version

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying,

Darby Translation

— and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

Young's Literal Translation

and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

Bible in Basic English

And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,

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In context

7Now 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,

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.”

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