2 Kings 25:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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  • 1 Chr 6:14 : 14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
  • Ezra 7:1 : 1 The Arrival of Ezra Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
  • Jer 21:1 : 1 The Lord Will Hand Jerusalem over to Enemies The LORD spoke to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. Zedekiah sent them to Jeremiah to ask,
  • Jer 29:25 : 25 that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel has a message for him. Tell him,‘On your own initiative you sent a letter to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests and to all the people in Jerusalem. In your letter you said to Zephaniah,
  • Jer 29:29 : 29 Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.
  • Jer 52:24 : 24 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.
  • 2 Kgs 25:24-26 : 24 Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. He said,“You don’t need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.” 25 But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.

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  • Jer 52:24-26
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    24The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

    25From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.

    26Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

  • 2 Kgs 25:19-20
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    19From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.

    20Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

  • Neh 10:2
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    2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

  • 2 Kgs 25:10-15
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    10The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

    11Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

    12But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

    13The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the LORD’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” They took the bronze to Babylon.

    14They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.

    15The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.

  • Jer 39:13
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    13So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, Nebushazban, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon

  • Ezek 11:1
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    1The Fall of Jerusalem A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

  • Jer 37:13
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    13But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said,“You are deserting to the Babylonians!”

  • 2 Chr 23:4
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    4This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

  • 2 Kgs 11:5-7
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    5He ordered them,“This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.

    6Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

    7The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the LORD’s temple and protect the king.

  • 2 Kgs 25:17
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    17Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

  • Jer 39:3
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    3Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.

  • 2 Kgs 22:4
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    4“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the LORD’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

  • 1 Chr 9:10
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    10From the priests:Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;

  • Jer 52:15
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    15Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

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    8Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 52:12
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    12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 11:9
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    9The officers of the units of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported to Jehoiada the priest.

  • Ezra 8:24
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    24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

  • Jer 35:4
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    4I took them to the LORD’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.

  • Jer 51:59
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    59This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign.(Seraiah was a quartermaster.)

  • Ezra 8:29
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    29Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the LORD.

  • Neh 12:25
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    25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.

  • Jer 21:1
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  • Neh 12:1-2
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    2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

  • Jer 27:19-20
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    19For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has already spoken about the two bronze pillars, the large bronze basin called‘The Sea,’ and the movable bronze stands. He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city.

    20He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  • Jer 29:25-26
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    25that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel has a message for him. Tell him,‘On your own initiative you sent a letter to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests and to all the people in Jerusalem. In your letter you said to Zephaniah,

    26“The LORD has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the LORD’s temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.

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    14He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers(10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.

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    17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

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    11Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

  • 1 Chr 6:15
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    15Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

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    2He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.

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    2The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him,“The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster.

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    29Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

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    11Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard,

  • 1 Chr 15:18
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    18along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

  • Ezek 40:45
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    45He said to me,“This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

  • Ezra 3:8
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    8In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the LORD’s temple.