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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69994" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69994" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ebed-melech.''' ('' | <p> '''Ebed-melech.''' (''Ç'Bed-Mç'Lek'' ), (''Thing'S Servant,'' an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. Jeremiah 38:7 ff; Jeremiah 39:15-16. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50751" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50751" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72361" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72361" /> == | ||
<p> '''E'bed-me'lech.''' ''( | <p> '''E'bed-me'lech.''' ''(A King'S Servant).'' An Ethiopian eunuch, in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. Jeremiah 38:7. ff.; Jeremiah 39:15. ff. (B.C. 1589). </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47675" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47675" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38192" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38192" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews E'bed-Me'lek, עֶבֶדמֶלֶךְ '', | <p> (Hebrews E'bed-Me'lek, עֶבֶדמֶלֶךְ '', [[Servant]] Of'' the ''King,'' i.e., Arabic ''Abd El-Malek,'' Sept. Ἀβδεμέλεχ,Vulgate ''Abdemelech'' ), an Ethiopian at the court of Zedekiah, king of Judah, who was instrumental in saving the prophet Jeremiah from death by famine ( Jeremiah 38:7-13), and who, for his humanity in this circumstance, was promised deliverance when the city should fall into the enemy's hands ( Jeremiah 39:15-18). B.C. 589. (See [[Jeremiah]]). He is there styled a eunuch ( אַישׁ סָרַיס and he probably had charge of the king's harem (compare Jeremiah 38:22-23), an office which would give him the privilege of free private access to the king; but his name seems to be an official title = ''King'S Slave,'' i.e., [[Minister]] . (See [[Eunuch]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3290" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3290" /> == | ||
