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Helkias

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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HELKIAS. 1. The high priest Hilkiah in Josiah’s reign. He is mentioned in Esther 1:8 Esther 1:8 = 2 Chronicles 35:8 as a governor of the Temple, subscribing handsomely to Josiah’s great Passover; in Esther 8:1 Esther 8:1 (cf. Ezra 7:1 ) as the great-grandfather of Ezra; and in Bar 1:7 as father of Joakim, who was governor of the Temple in the reign of Zedekiah. 2. A distant ancestor of Baruch ( Bar 1:1 .) 3. The father of Susanna (Sus 2 29).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Helkias'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​h/helkias.html. 1909.
 
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