פירוש על ירמיהו 38:7

Ebed-melech Baruch the son of Neriah.

the Cushite Zedekiah. Just as a Cushite is different in his skin, so was Zedekiah different in his righteousness, from all his generation (Moed Katan 16b). And there is a Midrash that expounds “the Cushite,” as referring to Baruch (Sifrei ibid.).

an officer Heb. סריס, a great man.