People of the Bible
Hilkiah
Tribe of Levi
Family
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The high priest in the reign of Josiah (1 Chr. 6:13; Ezra 7:1). To him and his deputy (2 Kings 23:5), along with the ordinary priests and the Levites who had charge of the gates, was entrusted the purification of the temple in Jerusalem. While this was in progress, he discovered in some hidden corner of the building a book called the “book of the law” (2 Kings 22:8) and the “book of the covenant” (23:2). Some have supposed that this “book” was nothing else than the original autograph copy of the Pentateuch written by Moses (Deut. 31:9-26). This remarkable discovery occurred in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign (B.C. 624), a discovery which permanently affected the whole subsequent history of Israel.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 20 verses
- 2 Kings
- 22:4, 22:8, 22:10, 22:12, 22:14, 23:4, 23:24
- 1 Chronicles
- 6:13, 9:11
- 2 Chronicles
- 34:9, 34:14, 34:15, 34:18, 34:20, 34:22, 35:8
- Ezra
- 7:1
- Nehemiah
- 11:11
- Isaiah
- 36:3
- Jeremiah
- 29:3
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.