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But there was an Ethiopian chamberlain at the court, named Abdemelech, that heard how Jeremias had been let down into the cistern; and as the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, (Jeremiah 38, 7)
My lord king, he said, here is foul wrong done to the prophet Jeremias; they have let him down into a cistern, where he will die of hunger, such lack of bread there is in the city. (Jeremiah 38, 9)
Why then, said the king to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, take thirty✻ men with thee, and rescue Jeremias from the cistern while there is yet life in him. (Jeremiah 38, 10)
So Abdemelech took the men with him, made his way into the palace, beneath the store-chamber, took old rags and clouts that lay mouldering there, and let them down by ropes to Jeremias in the cistern. (Jeremiah 38, 11)
and they pulled him up by the ropes till he was clear of the cistern; but the courtyard was his prison still. (Jeremiah 38, 13)
And when they had reached the middle of the town, just by the cistern,✻ they were slain by Ismahel and his men; (Jeremiah 41, 7)
When he slew the companions of Godolias, Ismahel had thrown their bodies into the cistern; it was one which king Asa had made to defend the place against Baasa, king of Israel; now, Ismahel’s massacre filled it to the brim. (Jeremiah 41, 9)
