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Hilkiah was a Hebrew Priest at the time of King Josiah .1His name is mentioned in the Second Book of Kings .2He is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the Law in the Jewish Temple . v t e3
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Hilkiah was a Hebrew Priest at the time of King Josiah . His name is mentioned in II Kings .He was the High Priest and is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the law at the Temple in Jerusalem at the time that King Josiah commanded that the Holy Temple be refurbished ( 2 Kings 22:8 ).His preaching may have helped spur Josiah to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh , the God of Israel.Hilkiah may have been the same Hilkiah who was the father of Jeremiah the prophet.As such he would have lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin , and was the father of an influential family in the Kingdom of Judah .It is unsure whether the Hilkiah that is the father of Jeremiah, is the same Hilkiah that is the Father of Eliakim (see 2 Kings 18:18 , 18:26 , 18:37 ; Isaiah 22:20, 36:3, 22)
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Hilkiah was a Hebrew Priest at the time of King Josiah . His name is mentioned in II Kings . He was the High Priest and is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the law at the Temple in Jerusalem at the time that King Josiah commanded that the Holy Temple be refurbished ( 2 Kings 22:8 ). His preaching may have helped spur Josiah to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh , God of Israel. Hilkiah in extra-biblical sources is attested by the clay bulla naming a Hilkiah as the father of an Azariah, and by the seal reading "Hanan son of Hilkiah the priest". Hilkiah may have been the same Hilkiah who was the father of Jeremiah of Libnah. As such he would have lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin , and was the father of an influential family in the Kingdom of Judah . It is unsure whether the Hilkiah that is the father of Jeremiah, is the same Hilkiah that is the Father of Eliakim (see 2 Kings 18:18 , 18:26 , 18:37 ; Isaiah 22:20, 36:3, 22)
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Hebrew priest at the time of King Josiah Hilkiah ( Ḥilqîyāhū , "my portion is Yah ") was a Hebrew priest ("Kohen") at the time of King Josiah (reigned c. 641-609 BCE). His name is mentioned in II Kings . He was the High Priest and is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the Law at the Temple in Jerusalem at the time that King Josiah commanded that the Temple be refurbished ( 2 Kings 22:8 ). His preaching may have helped spur Josiah to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh , God of Israel. Hilkiah may have been the same Hilkiah who was the father of Jeremiah of Libnah. As such he would have lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin , and was the father of an influential family in the Kingdom of Judah . Hilkiah is attested in extra-biblical sources by the clay bulla naming a Hilkiah as the father of an Azariah, and by the seal reading "Hanan son of Hilkiah the priest". It is unsure whether the Hilkiah that is the father of Jeremiah, is the same Hilkiah that is the Father of Eliakim (see 2 Kings 18:18 , 18:26 , 18:37 ; Isaiah 22:20 , 36:3 , 22 )
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Hebrew priest at the time of King Josiah Hilkiah ( Ḥīlqīyyā , "my portion is Yah ") was a Hebrew priest ("Kohen") at the time of King Josiah (reigned c. 641–609 BCE).
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Hebrew priest at the time of King Josiah Hilkiah ( Hebrew : חִלְקִיָּה(וּ) , romanized : Ḥilqiyyā(hu) , lit. ' my portion is Yahweh ' ) was a Kohen or Israelite priest at the time of King Josiah (reigned c. 641–609 BCE).
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