Jeremiah 38:10

Esther 5:2; Esther 8:7; Proverbs 21:1; Psalms 75:10

Related Commentaries of 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.)
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 in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thirty. The king knew the danger. No need to suppose that "thirty" is. copyist's error for "three"!
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 ove...
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,...
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 dung...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thirty ] possibly a copyist's error for 'three.'The two words resemble each other much more closely in Hebrew than in English. 14-28. The king ag...
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 whi...
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...
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, promp...
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 prin...
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,...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. B. C. 589....
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 t...
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 No...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Experiences In The Court Of The Guard ( Jeremiah 38:1-28 ). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not preve...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronological Notes as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1 . “ Shephatiah ,” never elsewhere m...
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...
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...
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...
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 opportu...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah Cast into a Pit
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, a sufficiently large squad under his command to pro...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

¹⁰ 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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 38:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 38:10