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.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (20)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI2 22:12

OET-RV KI2 22:12

12 and commanded the priest Hilkiyah, Shafan’s son Ahikam, Mikayah’s son Akbor, the scribe Shafan, and the king’s servant Asayah,

OET-LV KI2 22:12

12 And_ the_king _he/it _commanded DOM Ḩilqiy^yāh the_priest/officer and_DOM ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān and_DOM ˊAkbōr the _son _of Mīkā^yāh and_DOM Shāfān the_scribe and_DOM ˊAsā^yāh the _servant _of the_king to_say.

Show passage in OET: KI2 22:14

OET-RV KI2 22:14

14 So Hilkiyah the priest and Ahikam, Akbor, Shafan, and Asayah went to the prophetess Huldah (the wife of Shalum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the one in charge of looking after the priests’ uniforms who lived in the newer part of Yerushalem (Jerusalem)), and they spoke to her.

OET-LV KI2 22:14

14 And_ Ḩilqiy^yāh the_priest/officer and_ʼAḩīqām and_ˊAkbōr and_Shāfān and_ˊAsā^yāh _he/it _went to Ḩuldāh the_prophetess the _wife _of Shallūm the _son _of Tiqvāh the _son _of Ḩarḩaş the _one _who_kept the_garments and_she was_dwelling in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) in_district and_they _spoke to_her.

Show passage in OET: KI2 25:22

OET-RV KI2 25:22

22 From those who the Babylonian King Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar) allowed to remain, he appointed Gedalyah (son of Shafan’s son Ahikam) over them.

OET-LV KI2 25:22

22 And_the_people who_remained in_land of _Yəhūdāh whom Nebuchadnezzar the _king _of Bāⱱel he _left _behind and_he _appointed over_them DOM Gədal^yāh the _son _of ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān.

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