The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
Parallel translations
- WEB The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- KJV And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- NKJV The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
- NASB Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.
- NLT Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
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Quick answer
Nebuzaradan seized Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three temple gatekeepers. The leading priests were taken for execution.
Overview
The capture of the highest religious officials signaled the dismantling of the entire religious establishment that had grown corrupt. Seraiah was an ancestor of Ezra (Ezra 7:1), linking this judgment to the later restoration. The fall of a failed priesthood deepens the longing for the perfect High Priest, Christ, who never fails and intercedes forever (Hebrews 7:23-27).
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- 2 Kgs 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Jer 29:25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
- Jer 21:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
- 1 Chr 6:14Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
- Jer 35:4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- Jer 37:3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
- Jer 52:15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
- Jer 29:29(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
- Ezra 7:1Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- 1 Chr 9:19–26Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
- Jer 52:12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- Ps 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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