SeraiahorSraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince/Princess of/is the LORD", Standard HebrewSəraya, Tiberian HebrewŚərāyā) is the name of several people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, and a name with other non-biblical uses.
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Also son of Kenaz (1 Chronicles4:13, 14). 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. 1 Chronicles 4:13, Joshua 15:17.
Seraiah is named as the father of Ezra in Ezra's genealogy (Ezra7:1). Charles Souvay, in the Catholic Encyclopedia, notes that he is often understood "in a broad sense", meaning that Seraiah, the chief priest, spoken of in 2 Kings 25:18–21 (at the time of the fall of Judah and the deportation to Babylon), was one of Ezra's ancestors.[1] The son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah and brother of Jeremiah.
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. Jeremiah 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 (Jeremiah50:1–8) 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 Jeremiah 51:59–64. 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. Jeremiah 51:59 is rendered in the Revised Version, "Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain," instead of "was a quiet prince," as in the Authorized Version.
Zrahia, 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
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Seraiah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. Christian Classics Ethereal Library
