Jeremiah 38:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

Ebedmelech from Ethiopia was an official at the palace, and he heard what they had done to me. So he went to speak with King Zedekiah, who was holding court at Benjamin Gate.

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:13

I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah, the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, “Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians.”

Amos 5:10

You people hate judges and honest witnesses;

Deuteronomy 21:19

If a son is like that, his parents must drag him to the town gate, where the leaders of the town hold their meetings.

Matthew 20:16

Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last.”

Jeremiah 34:19

I will let your enemies take all of you prisoner, including the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the royal officials, the priests, and everyone else who walked between the two parts of the calf. These enemies will kill you and leave your bodies lying on the ground as food for birds and wild animals.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can you ever change and do what's right? Can people change the color of their skin, or can a leopard remove its spots? If so, then maybe you can change and learn to do right.

Psalm 68:31

Force the Egyptians to bring gifts of bronze; make the Ethiopians hurry to offer presents.

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives, his officials, and the most important leaders of Judah.

Isaiah 56:3

Foreigners who worship me must not say, “The Lord won't let us be part of his people.” Men who are unable to become fathers must no longer say, “We are dried-up trees.”

Jeremiah 20:2

and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the Lord's temple.

Jeremiah 26:16

The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets, “Since Jeremiah only told us what the Lord our God had said, we don't think he deserves to die.”

Zechariah 14:10

From Geba down to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, the entire country will be turned into flatlands, with Jerusalem still towering above. Then the city will be full of people, from Benjamin Gate, Old Gate Place, and Hananel Tower in the northeast part of the city over to Corner Gate in the northwest and down to King's Wine Press in the south. Jerusalem will always be secure and will never again be destroyed.

Proverbs 29:10

A murderer hates everyone who is honest and lives right.