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Hilkiah

Hilkiah was a Levite from the family of Merari, mentioned in the genealogy of the Levites. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 6:45.

Why it matters. A Levite descendant of Merari.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Hilkiah

Hilkiah is mentioned in 1Ch.6.45 as a descendant of Merari, one of the three sons of Levi. He is listed in the genealogy of the Levites, which traces the lineage of the priestly and temple servants.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Amzi
Children
Amaziah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    6:45

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