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seraiah

seraiah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Seraiah 
  soldier  of  Jehovah.  (1.)  The  father  of  Joab  (1  Chr.  4:13,  14). 
 
  (2.)  The  grandfather  of  Jehu  (1  Chr.  4:35). 
 
  (3.)  One  of  David's  scribes  or  secretaries  (2  Sam.  8:17). 
 
  (4.)  A  Netophathite  (Jer.  40:8),  a  chief  priest  of  the  time  of 
  Zedekiah.  He  was  carried  captive  by  Nebuchadnezzar  to  Babylon, 
  and  there  put  to  death  (2  Kings  25:18,  23). 
 
  (5.)  Ezra  2:2. 
 
  (6.)  Father  of  Ezra  the  scribe  (7:1). 
 
  (7.)  A  ruler  of  the  temple  (Neh.  11:11). 
 
  (8.)  A  priest  of  the  days  of  Jehoiakim  (Neh.  12:1,  12). 
 
  (9.)  The  son  of  Neriah.  When  Zedekiah  made  a  journey  to 
  Babylon  to  do  homage  to  Nebuchadnezzar,  Seraiah  had  charge  of 
  the  royal  gifts  to  be  presented  on  that  occasion.  Jeremiah  took 
  advantage  of  the  occasion,  and  sent  with  Seraiah  a  word  of  cheer 
  to  the  exiles  in  Babylon,  and  an  announcement  of  the  doom  in 
  store  for  that  guilty  city.  The  roll  containing  this  message 
  (Jer.  50:1-8)  Seraiah  was  to  read  to  the  exiles,  and  then,  after 
  fixing  a  stone  to  it  was  to  throw  it  into  the  Euphrates, 
  uttering,  as  it  sank,  the  prayer  recorded  in  Jer.  51:59-64. 
  Babylon  was  at  this  time  in  the  height  of  its  glory,  the 
  greatest  and  most  powerful  monarchy  in  the  world.  Scarcely 
  seventy  years  elapsed  when  the  words  of  the  prophet  were  all 
  fulfilled.  Jer.  51:59  is  rendered  in  the  Revised  Version,  "Now 
  Seraiah  was  chief  chamberlain,"  instead  of  "was  a  quiet  prince," 
  as  in  the  Authorized  Version. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Seraiah,  prince  of  the  Lord