Seraiah or Sraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince/Princess of/is

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''Səraya'',

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''Śərāyā'') is the name of several people mentioned in the

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's scribes or secretaries

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High Priest

Contemporary of

Zedekiah Zedekiah (), was the 20th and last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. His birth name was Mattaniah/Mattanyahu ( he, מַתַּנְיָהוּ, ''Mattanyāhū'', "Gift of God"; el, Μαθ� ...

. He was later carried captive by

Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

, and there put to death (

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) Patrilineal Ancestry As per 1 Chronicles chapter 5

Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth

(), one of the officials who survived the defeat and exile of Judea, a Netophathite (

The father of
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Also son of Kenaz (

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). It is unlikely that this Joab is the son of Tsruiah, King David's sister, because the Seraiah mentioned in the Book of Chronicles was the brother of Othniel, the nephew of Caleb, who lived centuries earlier. , .

The grandfather of
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Also father of Joshibiah and son of Asiel ().

One of those who returned from exile

Seraiah is listed among those who returned from exile with

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Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest ('' kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρ ...

and . names him as the head of a priestly family.

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Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest ('' kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρ ...
the scribe

Seraiah is named as the father of

in Ezra's genealogy (

). Charles Souvay, in the ''

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'', notes that he is often understood "in a broad sense", meaning that Seraiah, the chief priest, spoken of in (at the time of the fall of Judah and the deportation to Babylon), was one of Ezra's ancestors.Souvay, Charles
Esdras (Or Ezra)
in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. 5, New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909, accessed 25 June 2020 The son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah and brother of

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A ruler of the temple

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An officer of King
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Son of Azriel ( Jeremiah 36:26)

Seraiah ben Neriah Seriah ben Neriah was a Jewish aristocrat of the sixth century BCE. He was the son of Neriah and the brother of Baruch ben Neriah, the disciple of the biblical prophet Jeremiah. Seriah served as chamberlain of King Zedekiah of Judah.Josephus, "J ...

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.

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 scroll containing this message (

) 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 . 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. is rendered in the Revised Version, "Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain," instead of "was a quiet prince," as in the Authorized Version.

Others

* Sariah - according to the

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, the wife of

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, and the mother of Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi *

Zrahia Zrahia ( he, זְרַחְיָה) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1950, on la ...

, a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. Named after Seraiah, the father of Ezra and one of the Jews who came to the Land of Israel after their Babylonian captivity

Contemporary

* Serayah McNeill, American actress, singer

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