Hezekiah's palace steward who faced the Assyrian envoys; given the key of the house of David in Isaiah 22.
son of Hilkiah, steward of Hezekiah·2 Bible books·5 chapters·9 verse appearances
Who is this?
son of Hilkiah is the palace administrator 'over the household' of who, with the , meets the at the conduit of the upper pool and carries his demands to the king in torn clothes, then is sent to the prophet . Isaiah 22 announces his elevation: God will commit the government into his hand and lay the key of the house of on his shoulder, a peg fastened in a sure place. He is distinct from the Eliakim in the genealogies of and from Eliakim son of , renamed .
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