OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 38:7

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Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),

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Verse 7. Eunuch. Officer over 30. verse 10. Bible.—He was afterwards rewarded. Calmet. 39:15. Calmet.—God moves some to pity the distressed, till he recompense their patience. Worthington.

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