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Ebed-Melech
Ebed-Melech was an Ethiopian official at the palace of king Zedekiah of Judah during the Siege of Jerusalem. He was a Cushite, and his name means "Servant of the King."
Ebed-Melech is notable for rescuing the prophet Jeremiah from the cistern into which he had been cast to his death. Jeremiah relayed God's message to him saying that he, Ebed-Melech, would "not fall by the sword" during the Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians because he had put his trust in Him (God).