So they took Jeremiah (A)and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in (B)the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down (C)by ropes. (D)And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and (E)Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

When (F)Ebed-melech (G)the Ethiopian, (H)a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting (I)in the Benjamin Gate— (J)Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,

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