Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:

Και οτε ηκουσεν Αβδε-μελεχ ο Αιθιοψ, εις των ευνουχων, ο εν τη οικια του βασιλεως, οτι εβαλον τον Ιερεμιαν εις τον λακκον, ενω ο βασιλευς εκαθητο εν τη πυλη Βενιαμιν,

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;