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Jeremiah 38:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Jeremiah 38:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Jeremiah Is Rescued by Ebed-melech
7 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[a] a eunuch in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Benjamin Gate, 8 So Ebed-melech left the king’s house and spoke to the king,
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- Jeremiah 38:7 Or Nubian; Heb Cushite
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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