priest” (ver. 26), and in this office he controlled the civil force which guarded the Temple. Ver. 26, “Jehoiada the priest.” Supposed by some to be the same conspicuous and influential Jehoiada of king Joash’a reign (2 Kings 11:15; 2 Chron. 23:16); but as both Jehoiada and Zephaniah are in this verse called “officers in the house of the Lord,” i.e., pakíds, deputy high-priests, the supposition fails. 6. Geographical References.—Ver. 24. “The Nehelamite,” i.e., belonging to the village of Nehlam.