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חִלְקִיָּהוּ

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Hilkiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4 § Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah" 1) father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah 2) high priest in the reign of Josiah 3) a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi 4) another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah 5) one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest 6) a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah 7) father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חִלְקִיָּהוּ, חִלְקִיָּה proper name, masculine (my portion is ׳י) ᵐ5 usually Ξελκ(ε)ιας, Ξελχιας; —

1. father of Eliakim, Hezekiah's officer, חלקיהו 2Kgs 18:18; 2Kgs 18:26; Isa 22:20; Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22 חלקיה 2Kgs 18:37.
2. high priest, Josiah's time, חלקיהו 2Kgs 22:4; 2Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 22:14; 2Kgs 23:4; 2Kgs 23:24; 2Chr 34:9; 2Chr 34:14; 2Chr 34:15 (twice in verse); 2Chr 34:18; 2Chr 34:20; 2Chr 34:22 חלקיה 2Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 22:10; 2Kgs 22:12; 1Chr 5:39 (twice in verse); 1Chr 9:11; 2Chr 35:8; Ezra 7:1, compare also Neh 11:11.
3. חלקיהו father of Jeremiah Jer 1:1. — The following are all ׃חלקיה
4. Levites:
  a. 1Chr 6:30.
  b. 1Chr 26:11.
5. a priest, contemp. of Ezra Neh 4:8; Neh 12:7; Neh 12:21.
6. father of Gemariah, an ambassador of Zedekiah to Nebuchadrezzar Jer 29:3.


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