Bible Explorer · Event · 588 BC
Princes of Jerusalem lower Jeremiah with ropes into the deep muddy cistern of Malkijah in the court of the guard to die of starvation; Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian petitions King Zedekiah and rescues the prophet using thirty men, ropes, and rags under his armpits.
Date: 588 BC · Note: Dramatic deliverance during the Babylonian siege preserving the prophet’s life.
Jeremiah 38:1-13