Ahikam
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("my brother has risen")
The son of Shaphan, and the father of Gedaliah (II Kgs 22:12; 25:22). He was an official at the court of Josiah king of Judah, and a member of the deputation sent by the king to consult Huldah the prophetess concerning the Book of the Law found by Hilkiah the priest (II Kgs 22:8, 13, 14). During the reign of Jehoiakim, Ahikam took Jeremiah under his protection (Jer 26:22-24).
Concordance
II Kgs 22:12,14; 25:22. II Chr 34-20. Jer 26:24; 39:14; 40:5-7,9, 11, 14, 16; 41:1-2, 6, 10,16, 18; 43:6
Ahikam (əhī'kəm), in the Bible, protector of Jeremiah and the father of Gedaliah.
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Ahikam
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
Ahikam, in Hebrew "My brother has risen". One of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law. [1] He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and the father of Gedaliah, governor of Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.[2]
On one occasion, in a move described by Jonathan Magonet as taking the prophet into 'protective custody'[3], he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim.[4][5] It was in the chamber of another son (Gemariah) of Shaphan that Baruch read Jeremiah's scroll in the hearing of all the people.
References
- ^ 2Kings 22:12-14; 2Chronicles 34:20
- ^ 2Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:5-16; Jeremiah 43:6)
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives (London, SCM), 107
- ^ (Jeremiah 26:24)
- ^ Ahicam - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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