Were you authorized to reveal that?
It just popped into my head one day. I don’t know why.
Ebed-melech, being Ethiopian, would have been black.
Since he was a eunuch, and part of the king’s staff he was very well connected.
Jeremiah 39:16
“Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city—words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.17 But I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear. 18 I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.’”
Now, you must ask yourself, why is Jeremiah going to tell Ebed-Melek this?
Being a ‘Cushite/Ethiopian’ he could have left the city during the siege and the Babylonians would not bother him.
He could have claimed to be a traveling merchant and was just in the city to sell his wares, and was heading back home.