2 Kings 25:18
captain <07227> [captain.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
priest ..... priest .... second <03548 04932> [the second priest.]
Called by the Jews, {sagan,} who officiated for the high priest in case of any temporary incapacity.
doorkeepers <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
2 Kings 25:23
officers <08269> [And when.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and we do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of Gilead, (Ge 31:49,) and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah.
