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Ahikam

Ahikam - brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah[?] in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2 Kings 22:12-14; 2 Chr. 34:20). 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 Kings 25:22; Jer. 40:5-16; 43:6). On one occasion he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim[?] (Jer. 26:24). It was in the chamber of another son (Germariah) of Shaphan[?] that Baruch[?] read in the ears of all the people Jeremiah's roll.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)



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