Jeremiah 38:11

Modern English Version

So Ebed-melek took the men under his authority and went into the house of the king under the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by cords into the cistern to Jeremiah.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melek the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 38:10

Then the king commanded Ebed-melek the Cushite, saying, “Take thirty men with you from here and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:12

Then Ebed-melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Now put these worn-out clothes and worn-out rags under your armpits under the cords,” so Jeremiah did accordingly.

Joshua 6:19

All the silver, gold, and bronze and iron articles are set apart for the Lord. They will go into the treasury of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 38:6

Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malkijah the son of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the cistern there was no water, only mud, so Jeremiah sank in the mud.