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Bible in Basic English

And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

New American Standard Bible

Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.

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:

Holman Bible

The commander of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

International Standard Version

The captain of the guard arrested Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the next ranking priest, and the three guards of the gate.

A Conservative Version

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Then the captain of the guard took [as prisoners] Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three doorkeepers.

Darby Translation

And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

Julia Smith Translation

And the chief of the cooks will take Seraiah the priest, the head, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three watchers of the threshold:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then [the] captain of [the] guard took Seraiah {the chief priest}, and Zephaniah {the second priest}, and three keepers of the threshold.

Modern King James verseion

And the chief of the executioners took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The chief Captain also took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah that was chief next him, and the three keepers of the treasury.

NET Bible

The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

New Heart English Bible

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

The Emphasized Bible

And the chief of the royal executioners, took away, Seraiah the first priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, - and the three keepers of the entrance-hall;

Webster

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

World English Bible

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

Youngs Literal Translation

And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the captain
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

of the guard
טבּח 
Tabbach 
Usage: 32

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

שׂריהוּ שׂריה 
S@rayah 
Usage: 20

the chief
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

כּהן 
Kohen 
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750
Usage: 750

and Zephaniah
צפניהוּ צפניה 
Ts@phanyah 
Usage: 10

the second
משׁנה 
Mishneh 
Usage: 35

and the three
שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

References

Context Readings

The Fall Of Jerusalem

23 There were ninety-six apples on the outside; the number of apples all round the network was a hundred. 24 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers; 25 And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:18

And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

1 Chronicles 6:14

And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;

Jeremiah 21:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

Jeremiah 29:25

Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

Jeremiah 37:3

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

Ezra 7:1

Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Jeremiah 29:29

And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.

Jeremiah 35:4

And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

1 Chronicles 9:19-26

And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.

Psalm 84:10

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Jeremiah 52:12

Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:15

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.

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