Pashur. A different Pashur from the one mentioned in Jeremiah 20:1. This one reappears in Jeremiah 38:1; he belonged to the fifteenth of the sacerdotal families, named after Melchiah. Zephaniah, mentioned again in Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3.
He was of the priestly family or class of Maaseiah, and was next in rank to the high priest (Jeremiah 52:24).