Jeremiah 51:59 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

The Fifty-First Prophecy of Jeremiah (see book comments for Jeremiah).

Seraiah. The brother of Baruch(Jeremiah 32:12. Compare Jeremiah 45:1).

when he went, &c. Probably to renew his oath of allegiance. Compare Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:1.

quiet prince. Probably chief chamberlain. Revised Version margin, "quartermaster. "Hebrew. quiet resting-place (Isaiah 32:18). Probably his office was to prepare the night's camping place during the journey to Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:59

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.