Hilkiah

[Hĭlkī'ah] - portion of jehovah or jehovah is protection.

1. The father of Eliakim who was over Hezekiah's household (2 Kings 18:18-37; Isa. 22:20; Isa. 36:3-22).

2. High priest in king Josiah's reign (2 Kings 22:4-14; 2 Kings 23:4-24).

3. A descendant of Merari, son of Levi (1 Chron. 6:45).

4. A son of Hosah, descendant of Merari, and a gatekeeper at the Tabernacle (1 Chron. 26:11).

5. A priest who stood with Ezra as he read the law to the people (Neh. 8:4; Neh. 11:11; Neh. 12:7-21).

6. A priest of Anathoth and father of the prophet Jeremiah and contemporary of Gemariah (Jer. 1:1).