Jeremiah 38:7

God's Word

But an official in the royal palace, Ebed Melech from Sudan, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at Benjamin Gate.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:15

He took Jehoiakin to Babylon as a captive. He also took the king’s mother, wives, eunuchs, and the leading citizens of the land from Jerusalem as captives to Babylon.

Psalm 68:31

Ambassadors will come from Egypt. Sudan will stretch out its hands to God ⌞in prayer⌟.

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate an innocent person, but decent people seek ⌞to protect⌟ his life.

Isaiah 56:3

Foreigners who have joined the Lord should not say, “The Lord will separate us from his people.” Castrated men should not say, “We’re only dead trees!”

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you’re taught to do wrong?

Jeremiah 20:2

Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in prison at Upper Benjamin Gate that was in the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man should not be condemned to die. He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 29:2

(This was after King Jehoiakin  and his mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and metal workers left Jerusalem.)

Jeremiah 34:19

I will hand over the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the palace officials, the priests, and all the common people who passed between the pieces of the calf.

Jeremiah 37:13

But when he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said, “You’re deserting to the Babylonians!”

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed Melech left the royal palace and spoke to the king at Benjamin Gate.

Amos 5:10

Israel, you hate anyone who speaks out against injustice. You are disgusted by anyone who speaks the truth.

Zechariah 14:10

The whole earth will become like the plains from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site, from Benjamin Gate to the place of First Gate, Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

Matthew 20:16

“In this way the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Deuteronomy 21:19

His father and mother must take him to the leaders of the city at the city gate.

Joshua 20:4

“ ‘A person who kills someone accidentally can run to one of these cities. There he will stand at the entrance to the city, where court is held, and present his case to the leaders of that city. Then they will take him into their city and give him a place to live with them.