Bible Person
Meaning: God is my portion · Male · 5 cross references
This Hilkiah entry refers to Hilkiah the father of Eliakim, the steward installed in place of Shebna, not the later high priest in Josiah's reign. His significance comes through his son's important office during the Assyrian crisis. First appears in 2 Kgs 18:18.1
AI summary: This Hilkiah matters because the cross references preserve him as the remembered father of Eliakim, one of the key officials in Hezekiah's government. Through that repeated patronymic, Hilkiah's name remains attached to a moment of national danger and prophetic significance. He himself does not act publicly, but his household does. Taken together, the material presents this Hilkiah as the paternal figure behind a major court official in Judah's Assyrian-era crisis.1
Central Figure
Hilkiah
Meaning: God is my portion
The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37).
The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.