Jeremiah 38:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee,c and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. ”

Jeremiah 38:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thirty men - So large a number suggests that Zedekiah expected some resistance. (Some read “three” men.)
Jeremiah 38:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Four of the princes ( Jeremiah 37:15 ) hear Jeremiah (confined in the guard-court, Jeremiah 37:21 ) foretelling the fall of the city and advising individual surrender ( cf. Jeremiah 21:9 f.). The...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thirty. The king knew the danger. No need to suppose that "thirty" is. copyist's error for "three"!
Jeremiah 38:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We here see, what I have already said, that; the Prophet’s deliverance was wholly from above. The king, smitten with fear, had lately given over the holy Prophet to the cruelty of his princes;...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Take from hence thirty men - The ki...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Take from, hence ... with...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.
Jeremiah 38:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take from hence thirty men. — The number seems a large one for the purpose, especially when we consider that the men were sent from a post from which they could ill be spared, but the king may have...
Jeremiah 38:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeo...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

See how the Lord raiseth instruments, from the most unexpected quarters, for the deliverance of his people. Here was a stranger, and a Gentile, prompted to fly to the rescue of one of the Lord's prop...
Jeremiah 38:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian ,.... Being affected with the case of the prophet; and repenting of the leave he had given the princes to do with him as they pleased, gave orders as...
Jeremiah 38:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Ver. 10. Then the king commanded...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then the king commanded , &c. The king, who a little while ago durst do nothing against the princes, has now his heart wonderfully and suddenly changed, and will have Jeremiah released in defian...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. B. C. 589. 1 Then Shephat...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There are several guesses why the king commandeth Ebed-melech to take thirty men for the doing of that for which three or four were sufficient. I think they judge best who think it was to guard him...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Is Seen As A Traitor And Is Thrust Into A Well Filled With Deep Mud Which Was In The Court Of The Guard, Where He Would Have Died Had He Not Been Rescued By Ebedmelech, A Sudanese ( Jeremia...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronological Notes as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1 . “ Shephatiah ,” never elsewhere mentioned. “ Gedaliah ,” possibly son of “Pashur” t...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of th...
Jeremiah 38:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:7 . Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jere...
Jeremiah 38:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ebed-melech the Ethiopian. Ebed-melech the Ethiopian A slave from the Soudan, an eunuch in the household of Zedekiah, King of Judah, is by the side of the great Jeremiah, a humble servant yet a...
Jeremiah 38:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CONTINUATION . EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more e...
Jeremiah 38:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah Cast into a Pit
Jeremiah 38:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 5:2 ; Esther 8:7 ; Proverbs 21:1 ; Psalms 75:10
Jeremiah 38:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thirty men — Probably the king commanded Ebed — melech to take thirty men to guard him against any opposition.

Jeremiah 38:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 38:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 38:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 38:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 38:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 38:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes