Jeremiah 35:4

The particularity in description points to the narrative being contemporary with the events it describes.

and I brought them into the house of the Lord that so what was to follow might be made most prominent and be most widely known.

Maaseiah probably father of the Zephaniah (Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3) who is mentioned as "second priest" in Jeremiah 52:24.

keeper of the door lit. threshold. There were three of these officers (Jeremiah 52:24; 2 Kings 25:18). They seem to have stood next in rank after the high-priest and his deputy (ib.), and were charged with the care of the money contributed for the restoration of the Temple (2 Kings 12:9).