⁷But Ebed-Melek,^o a Cushite,^c an official^d^p in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,^q

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cProbably from the upper Nile region
dOr a eunuch

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

NLTNew Living Translation

But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When Ebed-melech the Cushite, a eunuch who was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the pit—now the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin—

KJV 1900King James Version

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;

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