²⁵ “This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have sent ^(A)letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to ^(B)the priest Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying,

²⁴ Then the captain of the guard took ^(A)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three ^[a](C)officers of the temple.