## Ebed Melech the Cushite ##

This is the name of a man from Cush. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## Now the king ##

Here the word "Now" marks a break in the main storyline where the narrator tells background information about what the king was doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

## sitting at the Benjamin Gate ##

Zedekiah was probably hearing and judging legal cases. (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## Benjamin Gate ##

This is an entrance into the city of Jerusalem that people named after Benjamin, Jacob's son.