1)
Who are "Sarei Yehudah"?
1.
Rashi: They are the Sanhedrin. He killed them for permitting Tzidkiyah's oath.
2.
Above (39:6) they are called Chorei Yehudah; Radak said that they are the officers of Yehudah. Presumably, he explains so also here. (PF)
