Jeremiah 52:24
Good News Translation
In addition, Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, took away as prisoners Seraiah the High Priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three other important Temple officials.

New Revised Standard Version
The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three guardians of the threshold;

Contemporary English Version
Next, Nebuzaradan arrested Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and three temple officials.

New American Bible
The captain of the guard also took Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the entrance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.

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Jeremiah 52:12,15 And in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the general of the army, who stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem. . . .

2 Kings 25:18 And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

seraiah

1 Chronicles 6:14 Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

Ezra 7:1 Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias,

Zephaniah

Jeremiah 21:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Sedecias sent unto him Phassur, the son of Melchias, and Sophonias, the son of Maasias the priest, saying:

Jeremiah 29:25,29 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying: . . .

Jeremiah 37:3 And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God for us.

2 Kings 25:18 And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

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Jeremiah 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the treasure house of the sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the man of God, which was by the treasure house of the princes, above the treasure of Maasias the son of Sellum, who was keeper of the entry.

1 Chronicles 9:19-26 But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord. . . .

Psalm 84:10 For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

Context
Captives Carried to Babylon
24And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.25He also took out of the city one eunuch that was chief over the men of war: and seven men of them that were near the king's person, that were found in the city: and a scribe, an officer of the army who exercised the young soldiers: and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.…
Cross References
2 Kings 23:4
And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

2 Kings 25:18
And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

1 Chronicles 6:14
Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

1 Chronicles 9:19
But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.

Ezra 7:1
Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias,

Jeremiah 21:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Sedecias sent unto him Phassur, the son of Melchias, and Sophonias, the son of Maasias the priest, saying:

Jeremiah 29:25
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying:

Jeremiah 29:29
So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 34:21
And Sedecias the king of Juda, and his princes, I will give into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their lives, and into the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon, which are gone from you.

Jeremiah 35:4
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the treasure house of the sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the man of God, which was by the treasure house of the princes, above the treasure of Maasias the son of Sellum, who was keeper of the entry.

Jeremiah 37:3
And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God for us.

Lamentations 4:16
Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.

Ezekiel 11:7
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Your slain, whom you have laid in the midst thereof, they are the flesh, all this is the caldron: and I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 24:5
Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.

Ezekiel 34:10
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds, I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and it shall no more be meat for them.

Jeremiah 52:23
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