Easton's Bible Dictionary 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 (Jeremiah 38:7-13: Comp. 39:15-18). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia 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 (Jeremiah 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 (Jeremiah 39:15-18).

Multi-Version Concordance Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences) Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon ( the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin, ) (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 38:8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 38:10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 38:12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 39:16 Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)