Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

And Abdemelech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,

And so Ebedmelech departed from the king's house, and he spoke to the king, saying:

Et egressus est Ebedmelech e domo (vel, palatio) regis, et loquutus est ad regem, dicendo,

And Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house,.... As soon as he heard of the prophet's distress, he immediately went out from his apartments in the king's palace, where he performed his office, and his business chiefly lay, or where he dwelt, to the gate of Benjamin, where the king was; and if he was here for the administration of justice, it was a proper time and place for Ebedmelech to lay the case of Jeremiah before him:
and spake to the king; freely, boldly, and intrepidly, in the presence of his nobles:
saying; as follows:

went forth . . . and spake--not privately, but in public; a proof of fearless magnanimity.