2 Kings 25:18

And the captain of the guard took Saraias the + 25:18 Gr. first priest.high-priest, and Sophonias + 25:18 Gr. the son of the second rank.the second in order, and the three door-keepers.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

In Context

17The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of brass: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits: the border, and the pomegranates on the chapiter round about were all of brass: and so it was with the second pillar with its border.

19And they took out of the city one eunuch who was commander of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:14The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;

Jeremiah 21:1The Word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, when King Sedekias sent to him Paschor the Son of Melchias, and Sophonias Son of Basæas, the Priest, saying,

Zechariah 6:10Take the things of the captivity from + 6:10 Heb. proper names. See A. V.the chief men, and from the useful men of it, and from them that have understood it; and thou shalt enter in that day into the house of Josias the son of Sophonias that came out of Babylon.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:9-22

The Temple Destroyed. ( b. c. 588.) 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9 And he burnt the house of the Lord , and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round… Read the whole commentary →

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