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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