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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 38:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 38:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Now when Ebedmelech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], one [0376] of the eunuchs [05631] which was in the king's [04428] house [01004], heard [08085] that they had put [05414] Jeremiah [03414] in the dungeon [0953]; the king [04428] then sitting [03427] in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Ebed-melech--The Hebrew designation given this Ethiopian, meaning "king's servant." Already, even at this early time, God wished to show what good reason there was for calling the Gentiles to salvation. An Ethiopian stranger saves the prophet whom his own countrymen, the Jews, tried to destroy. So the Gentiles believed in Christ whom the Jews crucified, and Ethiopians were among the earliest converts (Act 2:10, Act 2:41; Act 8:27-39). Ebed-melech probably was keeper of the royal harem, and so had private access to the king. The eunuchs over harems in the present day are mostly from Nubia or Abyssinia. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Ebed-melech - i. e., the king's slave. By "Ethiopian" or Cushite is meant the Cushite of Africa, or negro. It seems (compare Kg2 23:11) as if such eunuchs (or, chamberlains) took their names from the king, while the royal family and the princes generally bore names compounded with the appellations of the Deity. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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," etc.
The king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin - To give audience, and to administer justice. We have often seen that the gates of cities were the places of public judicature. |
27 And [2532] he arose [450] and went [4198]: and [2532], behold [2400], a man [435] of Ethiopia [128], an eunuch [2135] of great authority [1413] under Candace [2582] queen [938] of the Ethiopians [128], who [3739] had [2258] the charge of [1909] all [3956] her [846] treasure [1047], and [3739] had come [2064] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419] for to worship [4352],
28 [5037] Was [2258] returning [5290], and [2532] sitting [2521] in [1909] his [846] chariot [716] [2532] read [314] Esaias [2268] the prophet [4396].
29 Then [1161] the Spirit [4151] said [2036] unto Philip [5376], Go near [4334], and [2532] join thyself to [2853] this [5129] chariot [716].
30 And [1161] Philip [5376] ran [4370] thither to him, and heard [191] him [846] read [314] the prophet [4396] Esaias [2268], and [2532] said [2036], Understandest thou [687] [1065] [1097] what [3739] thou readest [314]?
31 And [1161] he said [2036], How [1063] [4459] can I [302] [1410], except [3362] some man [5100] should guide [3594] me [3165]? And [5037] he desired [3870] Philip [5376] that he would come up [305] and sit [2523] with [4862] him [846].
32 [1161] The place [4042] of the scripture [1124] which [3739] he read [314] was [2258] this [3778], He was led [71] as [5613] a sheep [4263] to [1909] the slaughter [4967]; and [2532] like [5613] a lamb [286] dumb [880] before [1726] his [846] shearer [2751], so [3779] opened he [455] not [3756] his [846] mouth [4750]:
33 In [1722] his [846] humiliation [5014] his [846] judgment [2920] was taken away [142]: and [1161] who [5101] shall declare [1334] his [846] generation [1074]? for [3754] his [846] life [2222] is taken [142] from [575] the earth [1093].
34 And [1161] the eunuch [2135] answered [611] Philip [5376], and said [2036], I pray [1189] thee [4675], of [4012] whom [5101] speaketh [3004] the prophet [4396] this [5124]? of [4012] himself [1438], or [2228] of [4012] some [5100] other man [2087]?
35 Then [1161] Philip [5376] opened [455] his [846] mouth [4750], and [2532] began [756] at [575] the same [5026] scripture [1124], and preached [2097] unto him [846] Jesus [2424].
36 And [1161] as [5613] they went [4198] on [2596] their way [3598], they came [2064] unto [1909] a certain [5100] water [5204]: and [2532] the eunuch [2135] said [5346], See [2400], here is water [5204]; what [5101] doth hinder [2967] me [3165] to be baptized [907]?
37 And [1161] Philip [5376] said [2036], If [1487] thou believest [4100] with [1537] all thine [3650] heart [2588], thou mayest [1832]. And [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036], I believe [4100] that Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] is [1511] the Son [5207] of God [2316].
38 And [2532] he commanded [2753] the chariot [716] to stand still [2476]: and [2532] they went down [2597] both [297] into [1519] the water [5204], both [5037] Philip [5376] and [2532] the eunuch [2135]; and [2532] he baptized [907] him [846].
39 And [1161] when [3753] they were come up [305] out of [1537] the water [5204], the Spirit [4151] of the Lord [2962] caught away [726] Philip [5376], [2532] that the eunuch [2135] saw [1492] [3756] him [846] no more [3765]: and [1063] he went [4198] on his [846] way [3598] rejoicing [5463].
41 Then [3303] [3767] they that gladly [780] received [588] his [846] word [3056] were baptized [907]: and [2532] the same [1565] day [2250] there were added [4369] unto them about [5616] three thousand [5153] souls [5590].
10 [5037] Phrygia [5435], and [5037] [2532] Pamphylia [3828], in Egypt [125], and [2532] in the parts [3313] of Libya [3033] about [2596] Cyrene [2957], and [2532] strangers [1927] of Rome [4514], [5037] Jews [2453] and [5037] [2532] proselytes [4339],
11 And he took away [07673] the horses [05483] that the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had given [05414] to the sun [08121], at the entering in [0935] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], by the chamber [03957] of Nathanmelech [05419] the chamberlain [05631], which was in the suburbs [06503], and burned [08313] the chariots [04818] of the sun [08121] with fire [0784].