18And 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-21)Though we have reason to think that the army of the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city for holding out with so much stubbornness, yet they did not therefore put all to fire and sword as soon as they had taken the city (which is too commonly done in such cases), but about a month after (compare 2 Kgs. 25:8 ; 2 Kgs. 25:3 ) Nebuzar-adan was sent with orders to complete the destruction of Je…
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