51:59 Seraiah the son of Neriah. An official in Zedekiah’s administration, he was responsible for this expedition’s billeting en route. He is the brother of Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe (32:12).

went with Zedekiah . . . to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. That is, in 593 b.c. The expedition may have been in response to a summons to explain Zedekiah’s part in the uprising against Nebuchadnezzar (27:3 note).