Seraiah ben Azariah  ben Hilkiah

• General Notes
  • 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)