Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ebedmelech"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Ebed-melech
a servant of the king; probably an official title, an Ethiopian,
"one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house;" i.e., in the
palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with the king
in Jeremiah's behalf, and was the means of saving him from death
by famine (Jer. 38:7-13: comp. 39:15-18).
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