Bible Person
Meaning: the king's servant · Male · 6 cross references
Ebed-melech is the Cushite court servant who intervenes to rescue Jeremiah from the cistern and later receives a personal promise of deliverance from the Lord. He is a striking example of moral courage in Judah's collapsing final days. First appears in Jer 38:7.1
AI summary: Ebed-melech matters because the cross references present him as a foreign-born royal servant who acts more righteously than many Judahite leaders. He speaks up for Jeremiah, secures the king's permission, and carefully lifts the prophet from the pit with practical compassion. The Lord's later word to him confirms that his trust and action are not forgotten. Taken together, the material presents Ebed-melech as a courageous rescuer whose fidelity stands out in a court marked by fear and compromise.1
Central Figure
Ebed-melech
Meaning: the king's servant
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.