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,)
Forsoþe Abdemalech Ethiopien, a chast man and oneste, herde, þat was in þe kyngis hous, þat þei hadden sent Jeremye in to þe lake; soþeli þe king sat in þe yate of Beniamyn.