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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). Biblical account. His name is mentioned in II Kings.
Jun 15, 2022 · The name Hilkiah literally means “portion of YHWH” or “YHWH is my portion.” This name would be especially fitting for a priest because, in Deuteronomy 18:1–2, God says that the tribe of Levi will not receive an allotment of land, but “the Lord himself is their inheritance.”
The most well-known Hilkiah in the Bible is the high priest during King Josiah's reign who found the Book of the Law. The account of this Hilkiah can be found in 2 Kings chapters 22 and 23 and 2 Chronicles chapters 34 and 35.
HILKIAH hĭl kī’ ə (חִלְקִיָּ֨הוּ׃֙, חִלְקִיָּ֧ה, Jehovah is my portion; KJV Apoc. has HELKIAS in 1 Esdras 1:8, HELCHIAH in 1 Esdras 8:1, and CHELCIAS in Baruch 1:1, 7 and Sus 2, 29, 63). The name of a number of individuals in the OT. Five of them are clearly priests; the others are prob. so. 1.
Hilkiah, the high priest, who was rummaging among the rubbish of the dilapidated sanctuary, found there the Book of the Law of the Lord. ... /.../gladden/who wrote the bible/chapter iv the earlier hebrew.htm
HILKIAH (Heb. חִלְקִיָּהוּ ,חִלְקִיָּה; "the Lord is my portion"; e.g., Num. 18:20; Ps. 73:26), son of Shallum or Meshullam (i Chron. 5:28–41, 9:10–11; Neh. 11:11), high priest at the time of King *Josiah of Judah and a principal promoter of Josiah's reform.
One of the chief priests (contemporary with Jeshua as high-priest) who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:7). His son Hashabiah is named in ver. 21. B.C. 536.
A priest who stood at the right hand of Ezra when the latter read the Law before the people (ib. viii. 4). Complete contents the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.
2 Kings 22:8-13. New Living Translation. Hilkiah Discovers God’s Law. 8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s Temple!”. Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe--now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter--and they spoke with her.
