H2518

Chilqiyah

khil-kee-yaw'

Proper Name Masculine

or Chilqiyahuw {khil-kee-yaw'-hoo}'from H2506 and H3050; portion of Jah; {Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites:-- Hillkiah.

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