And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest. The most eminent inhabitants were taken to the king at Riblah (2 Kings 25:21), and executed, as instigators and abettors of the rebellion, or otherwise obnoxious to the Assyrian government. In their number were Seraiah, the high priest, grandfather of Ezra (Ezra 7:1), his sagan or deputy a priest of the second order (Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 29:29; Jeremiah 37:3).
The three keepers of the door - not mere porters, but officers of high trust among the Levites (2 Kings 22:4; 1 Chronicles 9:26).