Ahikam in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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