Dictionary entry

SERAIAH

Nave's Topical Bible

1. Also called SHEVA, SHISHA, and SHAVSHA

2. Chief priest at the time of collapse of Jerusalem 2Ki 25:18

3. An Israelite captain who surrendered to Gedaliah 2Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8

4. Son of Kenaz 1Ch 4:13,14

5. A Simeonite 1Ch 4:35

6. A priest who returned from the Babylonian captivity Ezr 2:2; Ne 12:1,12

7. One who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah Ne 10:2

  • Possibly identical with number six, see above

8. A ruler of the temple after the captivity Ne 11:11

9. Son of Azriel

  • Commanded by King Jehoiakim to seize the prophet Jeremiah Jer 36:26

→ 10. A servant of Zedekiah Jer 51:59,61