Helkias
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ISBE 19151 verse reference
ISBE 1915
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).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
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