Hilkiah: Portion of Jehovah.1.
(1 Chronicles 6:45)
2.
(1 Chronicles 26:11)
3. The father of Eliakim
(2 Kings 18:18,26,37)
4. The father of Gemariah
(Jeremiah 29:3)
5. The father of the prophet Jeremiah
(Jeremiah 1:1)
6. The high priest in the reign of Josiah
(1 Chronicles 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"
(2 Kings 23:2) Some have supposed that this "book" was
nothing else than the original autograph copy of the Pentateuch
written by Moses
(Deuteronomy 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)
(See SHAPHAN)
7.
(Nehemiah 12:7)
8.
(Nehemiah 8:4)
