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Seraiah
Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Articles 7, showing 6
- JozadakPeople
Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.
- Jeremiah 51Bible
Jeremiah 51 continues the prophecy of chapter 50 announcing the fall of Babylon. At the close of the chapter, Jeremiah gives Seraiah a book containing these words and instructs him to read it in Babylon and then cast it into the Euphrates River.
- NeriahPeople
Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.
- BaruchPeople
Baruch was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah in the final years of the southern kingdom of Judah. He wrote on a scroll the prophecies Jeremiah dictated and read them aloud to the people in the temple.
- JehozadakPeople
Jehozadak was a priest of the Babylonian exile, a descendant of the high-priestly line, and the father of Joshua, the first high priest after the return from exile. He was carried away when Nebuchadnezzar took Judah captive.
Verses in the King James Version 18, showing 6
- 2 Samuel 8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- 2 Kings 25:23
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
- 1 Chronicles 4:35
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
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