Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"

1. father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah

2. high priest in the reign of Josiah

3. a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi

4. another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah

5. one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest

6. a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah

7. father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

Hashabiah = "Jehovah has considered"

1. a Merarite Levite

2. the 4th of the 6 sons of Jeduthun who had charge of the 12th course

3. one of the descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath

4. the son of Kemuel, who was prince of the tribe of Levi in the time of David

5. a Levite, one of the chiefs of his tribe who officiated for Josiah at his great passover feast

6. a Merarite Levite, one of the chief priests who accompanied Ezra from Babylon; ruler of half the circuit of Keilah and one who repaired a portion of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. He sealed the covenant of reformation after the return from captivity

7. a Levite, son of Bunni in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, son of Mattaniah in the time of Nehemiah

9. a priest of the family of Hilkiah in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua

Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known"

1. a priest in Jerusalem

2. a man who returned with Zerubbabel

3. a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua

4. a post exilic priest

5. one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above

Nethaneel = "given of God"

1. son of Zuar and a chief of the tribe of Issachar at the exodus

2. the 4th son of Jesse and a brother of David

3. a priest in the reign of David who blew the trumpet before the ark when it was brought from the house of Obed-edom

4. a representative of the priestly family of Jedaiah in the time of Joiakim

5. a priest of the family of Pashur who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

6. a Levite, father of Shemaiah the scribe in the reign of David

7. a Levite, son of Obed-edom

8. a chief of the Levites in the reign of king Josiah of Judah

9. a prince of Judah in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who was sent by the king to teach in the cities of the kingdom

10. a Levite of the sons of Asaph who played a musical instrument at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

    1. perhaps the same as 5