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(3.) A descendant of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:23).‌‌

•EBED slave, the father of Gaal, in whom the men of Shechem “put confidence” in their conspiracy against Abimelech (Judges 9:26, 26, 30, 31).

•EBED-MELECH a servant of the king; probably an official title, an Ethiopian, “one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house;” i.e., in the palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with the king in Jeremiah’s behalf, and was the means of saving him from death by famine (Jeremiah 38:7-13: comp. 39:15-18).

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