Ebed-melech

2 definitions found

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).


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ebed-melech, the king's servant