Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ebed' occurs 12 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ebed' in the standard works and contain 58.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 38:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

 38:10 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.

 38:11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

 38:12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.




Judg. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 2 14
Ex. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Judg. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Jer. 6 0 6
NT 0 12 12
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 15 27

Jer. 38:7
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Jer. 38:8
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

Jer. 38:10
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.

Jer. 38:11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Jer. 38:12
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Jer. 39:16
Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.