Helkias
Helkias
(), a still different Greek form (1Es 1:8) of the name of the high-priest HILKIAH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Helkias
HELKIAS.1. The high priest Hilkiah in Josiahs reign. He is mentioned in 1Es 1:8 = 2Ch 35:8 as a governor of the Temple, subscribing handsomely to Josiahs great Passover; in 1Es 8:1 (cf. Ezr 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 229).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Helkias
hel-kas (, hilkyah; , Chelkas; 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).