8th December 2016 —

Hilkiah

Hilkiah[HÔöÇ┬ílkÔöÇ┬¢’ah]…Portion of jehovah or jehovah is protection.

  • The father of Eliakim who was over Hezekiah's household (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37Isa. 22:2036:3, 22).
  • High priest in king Josiah's reign (2 Kings 22:4-1423:4, 24).
  • A descendant of Merari, son of Levi (1 Chron. 6:45).
  • A son of Hosah, descendant of Merari, and a gatekeeper at the Tabernacle (1 Chron. 26:11).
  • A priest who stood with Ezra as he read the law to the people (Neh. 8:411:1112:7, 21).

    • A priest of Anathoth and father of the prophet Jeremiah and contemporary of Gemariah (Jer. 1:1).

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