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New page: '''Bukki''' (Hebrew '''בֻּקִּֽי''', wasteful) (fl. 2683-2763 AM) was the fifth High Priest of Israel and an ancestor of Ezra. ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=6|...
'''Bukki''' ([[Hebrew]] '''בֻּקִּֽי''', wasteful) (fl. 2683-2763 AM) was the fifth [[High Priest]] of [[Israel]] and an ancestor of [[Ezra]]. ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=6|verses=5,51}}, {{Bible ref|book=Ezra|chap=7|verses=1-5}})

Bukki is one of three high priests of the line of [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]] who held the office between the death of [[Phinehas]] (2603 AM) and the investiture of [[Eli]] (2843 AM).<ref name=Josephus>Josephus, ''Antiquities'', 5.11.5.361-2</ref> Each of these three men is estimated to have held the office for eighty years. Bukki held the high priesthood during the careers of [[Judge]]s [[Ehud]] and [[Deborah]].

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