Topic
Helkias
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Kings 22:8ISBE
¶ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
- Baruch 1:1ISBE
And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Asadias, the son of Chelcias, wrote in Babylon,
- Baruch 1:7ISBE
And they sent it to Jerusalem unto Joachim the high priest, the son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
hel-ki'-as (chilqiyah; Chelkias; the King James Version Chelcias):
(1) Father of Susanna (Susanna verses 2,29,63). According to tradition he was brother of Jeremiah, and he is identified with the priest who found the Book of the Law in the time of Josiah (2Ki 22:8).
(2) Ancestor of Baruch (Baruch 1:1).
(3) Father of Joiakim the high priest (Baruch 1:7). The name represents HILKIAH (which see).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.