Seraiah
Also known as: Seraiah the son of Azriel · Family: Judah · Role: official · First appears: Jeremiah 36
Seraiah was an official of Judah. In Jeremiah 36, Jehoiakim commanded him, as Seraiah the son of Azriel, to help seize Baruch and Jeremiah, but they were hidden. In Jeremiah 40, he is named as the son of Tanhumeth.
In the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign, Seraiah went with him to Babylon, where Jeremiah commanded him to read the prophet’s judgment against Babylon. After reading it, Seraiah bound a stone to the book and cast it into the Euphrates. He is identified there as the son of Neriah.
At Riblah, Nebuzaradan captured Seraiah, identified as the chief priest, along with Zephaniah. Nebuchadnezzar then had them put to death.
Relationship record
Life events
- Jehoiakim orders Baruch and Jeremiah seized, but God hides them.(Jeremiah 36)
- Jeremiah commands Seraiah to read his written judgment against Babylon.(Jeremiah 51 · 📍 Babylon)
- With: Jeremiah
- “The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.”
- Seraiah reads Jeremiah’s judgment, binds a stone to the book, and casts it into Euphrates.(Jeremiah 51 · 📍 Babylon)
- “And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:”
- Nebuzaradan captured Seraiah and Zephaniah, and Nebuchadrezzar executed them at Riblah.(Jeremiah 52 · 📍 Riblah)
- With: Nebuzaradan Zephaniah Nebuchadnezzar
- “So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”
Jeremiah 36
- commander: Jehoiakim “But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.”
- parent: Azriel “But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.”
Jeremiah 40
- parent: Tanhumeth “Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth”
Jeremiah 51
- commander: Jeremiah (Jeremiah commands Seraiah.) “The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.”
- parent: Neriah (Neriah is Seraiah's father.) “Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah”
- with Zedekiah (Seraiah accompanied Zedekiah to Babylon.) “when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.”
Jeremiah 52
- with Nebuzaradan (Captured and brought to the king of Babylon.) “And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war, and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”
- slayer: Nebuchadnezzar “So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.”
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