Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.

护卫长拿住大祭司西莱雅、副祭司西番亚，和三个把门的，

护卫长拿住西莱雅大祭司、西番亚副祭司和门口的三个守卫，

护卫长拿住西莱雅大祭司、西番亚副祭司和门口的三个守卫，

护卫长掳走祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚、三名殿门守卫，

护卫长拿住祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三个守门的；

護衛長拿住大祭司西萊雅、副祭司西番亞，和三個把門的，

護衛長拿住西萊雅大祭司、西番亞副祭司和門口的三個守衛，

護衛長拿住西萊雅大祭司、西番亞副祭司和門口的三個守衛，

護衛長擄走祭司長西萊雅、副祭司長西番亞、三名殿門守衛，

護衛長拿住祭司長西萊雅、副祭司長西番亞和三個守門的；

護衛長拿住祭司長西萊雅、副祭司西番亞、和三個把守門檻的；

侍衛長執祭司長西萊亞、副祭司長西番雅、及閽者三人、

侍衛長擄祭司西勑亞、祭司之次者西番雅、與閽者三人。

侍衛長尼布撒拉旦執祭司長西賴亞、副祭司西番亞、守殿門者三人、

The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.

The commander of the guard took many prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who reported to him. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors.

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

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

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

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

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

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

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

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

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

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.

Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah,“ Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak,

The Lord spoke through Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to speak with him. They begged Jeremiah,

“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: You wrote a letter on your own authority to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and you sent copies to the other priests and people in Jerusalem. You wrote to Zephaniah,

But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah’s letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.

I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the Temple officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper.

Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, there was a man named Ezra. He was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

On August 17 of that year, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.

Shallum was the son of Kore, a descendant of Abiasaph, from the clan of Korah. He and his relatives, the Korahites, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the sanctuary, just as their ancestors had guarded the Tabernacle in the camp of the Lord.Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers in earlier times, and the Lord had been with him.And later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tabernacle.In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men.These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides— east, west, north, and south.Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven day periods.The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God.