2 Kings 25:18-21

Fall and Captivity of Judah

¹⁸ _s And the captain of the guard took _t Seraiah the chief priest and _u Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold, ¹⁹ and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and _v five men of the king's council who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. ²⁰ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at _w Riblah. ²¹ And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at _w Riblah in the land of Hamath. _x So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

1. Cross References
   2 Kings 25:18 - 21
   And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold.
   Jeremiah 52:24 - 27
   And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 6:14
   Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.
   Ezra 7:1
   Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 21:1
   This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying.
   Jeremiah 29:25
   Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying.
   Jeremiah 37:3
   King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray for us to the Lord our God.
   
4. Cross References
   Esther 1:14
   The men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom):
   Jeremiah 52:25
   And from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Kings 23:33
   And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Kings 25:20
   And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Kings 23:27
   And the Lord said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
   Leviticus 26:33
   And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
   Deuteronomy 28:64
   And the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.