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ḥilqiyyāhū חִלְקִיָּהוּ ‘Hilkiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥēleq חֵ֫לֶק ‘portion / smoothness’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: חלק יה

ḥilqiyyāhū pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in 2 Kings 23:24, 18:26, 22:12, 22:14, 18:18, 18:37, 22:4, 22:8, 22:10, 23:4 Isaiah 36:3, 36:22, 22:20 Jeremiah 29:3, 1:1 Ezra 7:1 Nehemiah 8:4, 12:7, 11:11, 12:21 1 Chronicles 26:11, 9:11, 6:30, 5:39 2 Chronicles 34:20, 34:9, 34:15, 34:22, 35:8, 34:18, 34:14

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