Case File: Ebed-melech

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ARCHIVE NODE 08-EM / PROPHETIC RECORDS

Subject Erac. 588 BC

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Case FileJER-0038-E

ClearanceCOVENANT VII

COVENANT CLASSIFIEDSEALED UNDER OATH

DECLASSIFIED

Name	EBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN
Aliases	THE CUSHITE WHO RESCUED THE PROPHET
Status	PRESERVED / DELIVERED IN THE DAY OF WRATH

Birth	c. 7th Century BC	Marks & Identifiers	NONE RECORDED
Place of Birth	CUSH (ETHIOPIA)	Hair	DARK
Tribe	CUSHITE (FOREIGN)	Eyes	DARK
Parentage	UNRECORDED	People	ETHIOPIAN / SERVANT
Occupation	EUNUCH OF THE KING'S HOUSE	Species	HUMAN
Affiliation	HOUSE OF KING ZEDEKIAH	Calling	A FOREIGNER WHO FEARED GOD
Primary Mission	RESCUE JEREMIAH FROM THE CISTERN	Known Signs	THE RAGS AND ROPES LOWERED DOWN
Covenant Role	DELIVERER OF THE PROPHET	Divine Access	TRUSTED IN THE LORD - JER 39:18

// Field Assessment

Divine Encounter Level	NONE RECORDED	Classification	SERVANT / DELIVERER
Covenant Status	FAITH REWARDED	Known Miracles	PRESERVED IN THE FALL OF THE CITY
Divine Commission	ACTED IN FAITH AND COURAGE	Threat Assessment	SIEGE OF JERUSALEM
Mission Status	DELIVERED	Archive Category	FAITH / RESCUE

// Administrative Notes

What he said to the king: THESE MEN HAVE DONE EVIL IN CASTING THE PROPHET INTO THE CISTERN

The LORD's promise to him: YOU SHALL NOT FALL BY THE SWORD, FOR YOU HAVE PUT YOUR TRUST IN ME

Remarks:

The subject was an Ethiopian eunuch in the house of King Zedekiah when the officials, offended by Jeremiah's words, had lowered the prophet into a muddy cistern to die of hunger.

The subject went out to the king at the Benjamin Gate and pleaded for Jeremiah, declaring that the men had done evil and the prophet would starve where they had thrown him.

The king commanded him to take thirty men and lift Jeremiah out before he died. With care, the subject gathered old rags and worn-out clothes and let them down by ropes, telling the prophet to put them under his arms against the cords.

So they drew Jeremiah up out of the cistern, and he remained in the court of the guard. A foreigner had shown the mercy that the leaders of Judah refused.

The word of the LORD came to the subject: because he had trusted in the LORD, he would not be given into the hand of those he feared when the city fell, but his life would be to him as a prize of war.

Primary Sources:

JEREMIAH 38:7-13

Secondary References:

JEREMIAH 39:15-18

COVENANT
EYES ONLYRestricted // Sacred Record

// Lessons Learned

God notices the outsider who dares to do right.
Courage to plead for the persecuted does not go unrewarded.
The one who trusts in the LORD is kept in the day of wrath.

Kingdom Archives // Covenant Records

Authorized Scriptural Record

Jerusalem Archival Office // Collection: Prophets