[8] Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, [9] My lord the king, have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. [10] Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.