Jeremiah 38:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ But Ebed-Melech, a Cushite [^Can Ethiopian] and a ·servant [or eunuch] in the ·palace [^Lhouse of the king], heard that the officers had put Jeremiah into the ·well [cistern; pit]. As King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, ⁸ Ebed-Melech left the ·palace [^Lhouse of the king] and went to the king. Ebed-Melech said to him, ⁹ “My master and king, these rulers have acted in an evil way. They have treated Jeremiah the prophet badly. They have thrown him into a ·well [cistern; pit] and left him there to die! ·When there [or There] is no more bread in the city, he will starve to death.”