Lives of Scripture
Seraiah (M)
First named in Jeremiah 36:26
Seraiah son of Azriel is named as one of three officials -- alongside Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel -- whom King Jehoiakim commanded to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch (Jeremiah 36:26). The order came directly after the king had listened to Jeremiah's scroll of warnings against Judah being read aloud, cut it into pieces with a scribe's knife, and burned the entire thing in his winter-house brazier, unmoved and unafraid despite officials pleading with him not to destroy it (36:21-25). Jehoiakim's response to God's word was contempt followed by an attempt to silence the messenger by force. Seraiah's role, brief as it is, places him on the side of a king actively resisting the LORD -- yet the mission failed: "the LORD hid them," and Jeremiah simply dictated the scroll's contents again, with more added besides (36:26-32).
Thought for Today
Seraiah was sent to arrest Jeremiah, but the LORD hid him instead. No earthly power can silence God's word or stop His plan in Jesus.
References: Jeremiah 36:26
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- Azriel (M) — begot → Seraiah (M)
- Jerahmeel (M) ↔ was sent to arrest Jeremiah together ↔ Seraiah (M)
Jerahmeel and Seraiah were two of three officials King Jehoiakim commanded to seize Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch after burning Jeremiah's scroll, but the LORD hid the two men and the arrest failed.
Jeremiah 36:26
- Seraiah (M) ↔ was sent to arrest Jeremiah together ↔ Shelemiah (M)
Seraiah and Shelemiah were two of three officials King Jehoiakim commanded to seize Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch after burning Jeremiah's scroll, but the LORD hid the two men and the arrest failed.
Jeremiah 36:26
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