Jeremiah 52:24
in Jeremiah 52The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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:
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest
on Jeremiah 52:24-27
Leadership itself is carried off and executed, the chief priest and the second priest, the door-keepers, the eunuch who commanded the men of war, seven of the king's own counselors, the scribe who mustered the land's troops, and sixty men of the people, all put to death together at Riblah. The summary line closes the account, thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land, the same sentence Kings gives at the parallel point in its own history. Nothing distinguishes rank here, priest and scribe and counselor share one execution and one verse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The second priest - See the note on 2Ki 25:18. The three keepers - The priests who stood at the door to receive the offerings of the people, see 2Ki 20:9, and 2Ki 23:4.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִ֗ים | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂרָיָה֙ | serayah | Seraiah | H8304 → | 20 times |
| כֹּהֵ֣ן | kohen | [the] priest of | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הָרֹ֔אשׁ | harosh | the head | H7218 → | 599 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צְפַנְיָ֖ה | tzefanyah | Zephaniah | H6846 → | 10 times |
| כֹּהֵ֣ן | kohen | [the] priest of | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה | hamishneh | the second rank | H4932 → | 35 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת | sheloshet | [the] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| שֹׁמְרֵ֥י | shomerei | [the] keepers of | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַסַּֽף׃ | hasaf | the threshold | H5592 → | 32 times |
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִ֗ים[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׂרָיָה֙Seraiah
serayahH8304 →20 times
כֹּהֵ֣ן[the] priest of
kohenH3548 →750 times
הָרֹ֔אשׁthe head
haroshH7218 →599 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
צְפַנְיָ֖הZephaniah
tzefanyahH6846 →10 times
כֹּהֵ֣ן[the] priest of
kohenH3548 →750 times
הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑הthe second rank
hamishnehH4932 →35 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת[the] three
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י[the] keepers of
shomereiH8104 →468 times
הַסַּֽף׃the threshold
hasafH5592 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 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,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 37:3
Yet 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!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 29:25
this 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,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 25:18–21
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 37:3
Through
2 Kings 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
it leads to
- Ezra 7:1
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 21:1
This 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 Chronicles 6:14
Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
- Ezra 7:1
Through
Jeremiah 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,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:29
(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 29:29
Through
1 Chronicles 6:14Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- 2 Kings 25:18
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.