2. Chief priest at the time of collapse of Jerusalem -- 2Kings 25:18 Father of Ezra -- Ezra 7:1 Killed by Nebuchadnezzar -- 2Kings 25:18-21; Jeremiah 52:24-27 (Nave's ) SAREUS (2) A high priest in the reign of Zedekiah; executed with other promine nt captives at Riblah by order of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 25:18,21; Jere miah 52:24,27). Mentioned in the list of high priests (1 Chronicles 6:14 ). Ezra claimsdescent from him * Father of Ezra the scribe (7:1). (Easton's) The high priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Jeremiah 52:24) (B.C. 594.) (Smith's) One of the ancestors of Ezra the scribe. (Ezra 7:1) (Smith's)