"EBED-MELECH" WAS A "'CUSHITE" (DESCENDANT OF HAM'S SON "CUSH") - A DARK-SKINNED SERVANT OF GOD.
GOD GAVE WORD TO THE PROPHET, JEREMIAH, THAT HE WOULD "SAVE" (EBED-MELECH) FROM THE CAPTIVES OF BABYLON WHEN "JERUSALEM" WAS SEIZED BY "NEBUCHADNEZZAR," (JEREMIAH 39:15-17).
