Ebed - melech learned that the princes of Judah had wrongly charged the prophet Jeremiah with sedition and had thrown him into a cistern, there to die without food. Knowing that Jeremiah was bitterly hated because of the message he preached, Ebed - melech risked his own life and appealed to the king.
عَلَى سَبِيلِ ٱلْمِثَالِ ،‏ لِنَتَأَمَّلْ فِي طَرِيقَةِ تَعَامُلِهِ مَعَ عَبْدَ مَلِكَ ٱلْحَبَشِيِّ ،‏ رَجُلٌ تَقِيٌّ خَدَمَ أَيَّامَ إِرْمِيَا فِي بَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا غَيْرِ ٱلْأَمِينِ صِدْقِيَّا .‏