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HELKIAS.—1. The high priest Hilkiah in Josiah’s reign. He is mentioned in 1Es_1:8 = 2Ch_35:8 as a governor of the Temple, subscribing handsomely to Josiah’s 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 2–29).