Hilkiah; either of him in Josiah’s time, 2Ki_22:8, or rather another of the same name.
The ruler of the house of God; or, a ruler in the house of God; not the high priest, who was Ezra, Ezr_3:8, but a chief ruler under him; either the second priest, as such are called, Num_3:32; or the head of one of the twenty-four families or courses of the priests.