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Jeremiah 38:5-7
New King James Version
Jeremiah 38:5-7
New King James Version
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, “Look, he is in your hand. For the king can do nothing against you.” 6 (A)So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah [a]the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.
7 (B)Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the [b]eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
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- Jeremiah 38:6 Or son of Hammelech
- Jeremiah 38:7 Or officers
New King James Version (NKJV)
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