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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:7

Ebed-melech, &c.— Ebed-melech the Cushite, &c. It may be supposed, that God intended to give some distant hints of his justice in calling the Gentiles to embrace the gospel; for this Ethiopian or Cushite preserves the prophet, whom the Jews would have destroyed; and again the Gentiles believed in Christ, whereas the Jews crucified him. The Lord, who put these sentiments of compassion for Jeremiah into the heart of this officer, afterwards recompensed him, by delivering him from death at the siege of Jerusalem. See chap. Jeremiah 39:15., and Calmet.

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See also Jeremiah 38:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 38:7. _EBED-MELECH_] _The servant of the king_, one of the eunuchs who belonged to the palace. Perhaps it should be read, "Now, a servant of the king, a Cushite, one of the eunuchs," c....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    EBED-MELECH - i. e., the king’s slave. By “Ethiopian” or Cushite is meant the Cushite of Africa, or negro. It seems (compare 2 Kings 23:11) as if such eunuchs (or, chamberlains) took their names from...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 38 _ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _ 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14) Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Four of the princes (Jeremiah 37:15) hear Jeremiah (confined in the guard-court, Jeremiah 37:21) foretelling the fall of the city and advising individual surrender (_cf._ Jeremiah 21:9 f.). They denou...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EBED-MELEOH THE ETHIOPIAN. See Jeremiah 39:16. and compare Acts 8:27....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian_ a negro eunuch, attached to the court or harem after the Eastern custom. See on Jeremiah 13:23. _the gate of Benjamin_ See on ch. Jeremiah 37:13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to section....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. Rescued by Ebed-melech Jeremiah 38:7-13 TRANSLATION (7) And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian. one of the eunuchs attached to the household if the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. No...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Now when Ebed-melech 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; EBED-MELECH. Th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    38:7 Ethiopian, (c-4) Heb. 'Cushite.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN. — The name signifies “servant of the king,” but the absence of the article in the Hebrew makes it probable that it had come to be used as a proper name, and so both the LXX....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַ כּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the (e) gate of Benjamin; (e) To hear matter...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Eunuch. Officer over 30, ver. 10. (Haydock) --- He was afterwards rewarded, chap. xxxix. 15. (Calmet) --- God moves some to pity the distressed, till he recompense their patience. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    See how the Lord raiseth instruments, from the most unexpected quarters, for the deliverance of his people. Here was a stranger, and a Gentile, prompted to fly to the rescue of one of the Lord's proph...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah relates here how he was delivered from death; for he could not have lived long in the mire; partly, because he must have died through want; and partly, he must have been starved through cold...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 E...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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; Ver. 7. _Now when...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian_ Or _Cushite_, as the Hebrew is. His country seems to be mentioned to let us know that this prophet of the Lord found more kindness from a stranger, who was a nativ...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEREMIAH CAST INTO A PIT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, when Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, probably the chief officer of the king's harem, HEARD THAT THEY HAD PUT JEREMIAH IN THE DUNGEON, THE KING THEN S...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers as enemies, because they show what enemies the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EBED-MELECH was unquestionably the name of the person, though some interpret it appellatively a servant of the king. It is particularly noted that he was an Ethiopian or a Cushite, to let us know that...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 38:7 Ebed-Melech H5663 Ethiopian H3569 one H376 eunuchs H5631 kings H4428 house H1004 heard H8085 (H8799)

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH IS SEEN AS A TRAITOR AND IS THRUST INTO A WELL FILLED WITH DEEP MUD WHICH WAS IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD, WHERE HE WOULD HAVE DIED HAD HE NOT BEEN RESCUED BY EBEDMELECH, A SUDANESE (JEREMIAH 3...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of the L...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian._ EBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN A slave from the Soudan, an eunuch in the household of Zedekiah, King of Judah, is by the side of the great Jeremiah, a humble servant yet an e...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:7 THE ETHIOPIAN. A foreigner who most likely was forced to serve Judah’s king. BENJAMIN GATE. See Jeremiah

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    CONTINUATION. EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectua...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 24:15; Acts 8:27; Amos 5:10; Deuteronomy 21:19; Jeremiah 13

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