Ahikam

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Ahikam, in Hebrew אחיקם, "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

  1. ↑ 2Kings 22:12-14; 2Chronicles 34:20
  2. ↑ 2Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:5-16; Jeremiah 43:6)
  3. ↑ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives (London, SCM), 107
  4. ↑ (Jeremiah 26:24)
  5. ↑ Ahicam - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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