Seraiah or Sraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Səraya, Tiberian Hebrew Śərāyāh) is the name of several people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: 1. * The father of Joab (1 Chronicles 4:13, 14). 2. * The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chr. 4:35). 3. * One of David's scribes or secretaries (2 Samuel 8:17). 4. * A Netophathite (Jer. 40:8), a chief priest of the time of Zedekiah. He was carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon, and there put to death (2 Kings 25:18, 23). 5. * Ezra 2:2. 6. * Father or ancestor of Ezra the scribe (Book of Ezra 7:1), understood by many as the same person as Seraiah (4) 7. * A ruler of the temple (Nehemiah 11:11). 8. * A priest of the days of Jehoiakim (Neh. 12:1, 12). 9. * Seraiah ben Neriah. The son