חִלְקִיָּה

Detailed Definition

• 1father of eliakim, an officer of hezekiah
• 2high priest in the reign of josiah
• 3a merarite levite, son of amzi
• 4another merarite levite, 2nd son of hosah
• 5one of those who stood on the right of ezra when he read the law and probably a levite and a priest
• 6a priest of anathoth, father of the prophet jeremiah
• 7father of gemariah who was one of zedekiah's envoys to babylon