Person Old Testament
Seraiah
Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, was one of the officers who served under Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonians after the fall of Jerusalem. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at 2 Kings 25:23.
Why it matters. Officer under Gedaliah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Seraiah
Seraiah, mentioned in 2Ki.25.23 and Jer.40.8, was an officer who served under Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonians over Judah after the fall of Jerusalem. He was the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, indicating his origin from Netophah, a town in Judah. After the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and exiled many of its inhabitants, they appointed Gedaliah as the governor to oversee the remaining people in the land. Seraiah, along with other officers and their men, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah and pledged their allegiance to him. However, Gedaliah was later assassinated by Ishmael, a member of the royal family, leading to further unrest and instability in the region.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.