Seraiah
Mentioned in 594 BC traditional (Jones)
The son of Neriah. When Zedekiah made a journey to Babylon to do homage to Nebuchadnezzar, Seraiah had charge of the royal gifts to be presented on that occasion.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Jeremiah, Maaseiah, Neriah, and Zedekiah.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Seraiah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Babylon2
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Mentions
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Seraiah 19 |
| KJV | Seraiah 20 |
| ASV | Seraiah 20 |
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Jeremiah2 verses
- 51:59
This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
- 51:61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
The son of Neriah. When Zedekiah made a journey to Babylon to do homage to Nebuchadnezzar, Seraiah had charge of the royal gifts to be presented on that occasion. Jeremiah took advantage of the occasion, and sent with Seraiah a word of cheer to the exiles in Babylon, and an announcement of the doom in store for that guilty city. The roll containing this message (Jer. 50:1-8) Seraiah was to read to the exiles, and then, after fixing a stone to it, was to throw it into the Euphrates, uttering, as it sank, the prayer recorded in Jer. 51:59-64. Babylon was at this time in the height of its glory, the greatest and most powerful monarchy in the world. Scarcely seventy years elapsed when the words of the prophet were all fulfilled. Jer. 51:59 is rendered in the Revised Version, “Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain,” instead of “was a quiet prince,” as in the Authorized Version.