Jeremiah 38:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went first to the linen closet in the house of the king. He took some old, tattered rags and lowered them by rope to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:10

Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: “Take three men with you, and get Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:12

Then he said to Jeremiah, “Put these old, tattered rags between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

Jeremiah 38:6

And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, in the court of the guard, letting him down by rope. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, a court official in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Joshua 6:19

All silver and gold, and the articles of bronze or iron, are holy to the Lord. They shall be put in the treasury of the Lord.” The Fall of Jericho.