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    7 others in the registry answer to the name Seraiah. Every Seraiah in the Bible

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    Seraiah

    שְׂרָיָהוּ

    Seraiah served as the high priest during the reign of King Zedekiah and was executed by the Babylonians after the fall of Jerusalem.

    verses
    5
    first named
    2 Kings 25:18
    last named
    Jeremiah 52:26
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Seraiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Seraiah, mentioned in 2Ki.25.18, 1 Chronicles 2Ki.6.14, Ezr.7.1, Neh.11.11, and Jer.52.24, was the high priest during the reign of King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile. As the high priest, Seraiah held the highest religious authority in the land and was responsible for overseeing the temple services and religious practices. He was also a descendant of Aaron, as evident from the genealogical records in 1 Chronicles and Ezra. Tragically, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, Seraiah was captured and executed by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the Babylonian guard, at Riblah. His death marked the end of the line of high priests serving in the first temple.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Seraiah10 of 10 entities the graph connects to Seraiah, in 3 groups: kinship 4, company 2, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.EzraFather of · 22 versesHilkiahChild of · 19 versesJehozadakFather of · 12 versesAzariahChild of · 4 versesKinshipCaptain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenTook part in · 3 versesNebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty MenTook part in · 3 versesCompanyNebuchadnezzar1 event · 88 versesNebuzaradan2 events · 15 versesRiblah2 events · 11 versesZephaniah2 events · 6 versesEventsSeraiah

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    Where the story of Seraiah happensThe one place the claims about Seraiah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Riblah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Seraiah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Riblah
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Seraiah reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 5 books. The name is written 6 times in them.

    1. 2 Kings1 verse

      25:18

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      6:14

    3. Ezra1 verse

      7:1

    4. Nehemiah1 verse

      11:11

    5. Jeremiah1 verse

      52:24

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    via Nebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men and Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenNebuzaradanBabylonian captain of the guard during Jerusalem's fall.via Nebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men and Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenRiblahBabylonian headquarters during the conquest of Judahvia Nebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men and Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenTaking AwayTaking Away is a concept gathering 35 labelled instances in the text.via Nebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men and Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenZephaniahPriest during the reign of Zedekiahvia Azariah and HilkiahGemariahSon of Hilkiah; messenger sent by Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar.via JehozadakJoshuaHigh priest during the rebuilding of the templevia Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty MenNebuchadnezzarEmperor of Babylon who conquered Judahvia EzraArtaxerxes’ grantingArtaxerxes’ granting is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via EzraEzra, Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah’s standingEzra, Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah’s standing is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 14 pageable entities.

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