Hilkiah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hilkiah
     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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hilkiah, God is my portion