Jeremiah 52:24

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest ,.... That is, out of the temple, where he was ministering, or fled for safety; this is supposed to be the father of Ezra, 1 Chronicles 6:14 ;

and Zephaniah the second priest : or deputy priest: the "sagan" of the priests, as the Targum calls him, who was deputed to minister for the high priest, in case anything happened which hindered him from officiating; such an one there always was in later times on the day of atonement, as appears from the Misna F6 Yoma, c. 1. sect. 1. ; this man is thought to be the same with Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, Jeremiah 21:1 ;

and the three keepers of the door ; that is, of the temple. The Targum calls them three "amarcalin"; who had, as Jarchi says, the keys of the court committed to them. The number seems better to agree with the "gizbarim" or treasurers; of whom, it is said, they never appoint less than three treasurers, and seven "amarcalin" F7 Misn. Shekalim, c. 5. sect. 2. .