# 2 Kings 25:18

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

— 2 Kings 25:18, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- 1 Chronicles 6:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/6/14
- Ezra 7:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/7/1
- Jeremiah 21:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/21/1
- Jeremiah 29:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/29/25
- Jeremiah 29:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/29/29
- Jeremiah 52:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/52/24

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/18
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).