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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 38:10 - 38:10
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with thee - Hebrew, “in thine hand,” that is, at “thy disposal” (1Sa 16:2). “From hence,” that is, from the gate of Benjamin where the king was sitting (Jer 38:7).
thirty men - not merely to draw up Jeremiah, but to guard Ebed-melech against any opposition on the part of the princes (Jer 38:1-4), in executing the king’s command. Ebed-melech was rewarded for his faith, love, and courage, exhibited at a time when he might well fear the wrath of the princes, to which even the king had to yield (Jer 39:16-18).