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Hilkiah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1). (6.) The high priest in the reign of Josiah (1 Chr. 6:13; Ezra 7:1). To him and his deputy (2 Kings 23:5), along with the ordinary priests and the Levites who had charge of the gates, was entrusted the purification of the temple in Jerusalem. While this was in progress, he discovered in some hidden corner of the building a book called the “book of the law” (2 Kings 22:8) and the “book of the covenant” (23:2). Some have supposed that this “book” was nothing else than the original autograph copy of the Pentateuch written by Moses (Deut. 31:9-26). This remarkable discovery occurred in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign (B.C. 624), a discovery which permanently affected the whole subsequent history of Israel. (See JOSIAH; SHAPHAN.) (7.) Neh. 12:7. (8.) Neh. 8:4.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(God is my portion)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HILKI'AH (the Lord is my portion). The father of Eliakim. 2 Kgs 18:18; Isa 22:20; Gen 36:3, Isa 36:22. The high priest in the reign of Josiah, who accidentally, while "summing up" the silver in the temple, found the book of the Law, 2 Kgs 22:8. 3, 4. Two Merarite Levites. 1 Chr 6:45; 1 Chr 26:11. One who stood by Ezra during the reading of the Law, Neh 8:4. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel, Neh 12:7, Neh 12:21. The father of the prophet Jeremiah, Jer 1:1. The father of one of Zedekiah's ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 29:3.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
God is my portion
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HILKI'AH (the Lord is my portion). The father of Eliakim. 2 Kgs 18:18; Isa 22:20; Gen 36:3, Isa 36:22. The high priest in the reign of Josiah, who accidentally, while "summing up" the silver in the temple, found the book of the Law, 2 Kgs 22:8. 3, 4. Two Merarite Levites. 1 Chr 6:45; 1 Chr 26:11. One who stood by Ezra during the reading of the Law, Neh 8:4. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel, Neh 12:7, Neh 12:21. The father of the prophet Jeremiah, Jer 1:1. The father of one of Zedekiah's ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 29:3.