Ahikam
in Hebrew "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 he protected Jer...
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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 King...
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Son of Shaphan the scribe, sent by Josiah to Huldah the
prophetess (2 Kings 22:12). In Jehoiakim's subsequent reign
Ahikam successfully pleaded for Jeremiah before the princes
and elders, that he should not be given to the people to be
put to death for his fearless warnings (Jeremiah 26:16-24).
God rewarded Ahikam by the honor put upon Gedalia...
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a brother who raises up or avenges...
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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, and
all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonit...
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Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the
fields, [even] they and their men, heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the
land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children,
and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried
away captive to Babylon;...
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Now while he was not yet gone back, [he said], Go back also
to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the
king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah,
and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it
seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the
guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him...
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Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that [were] with him, all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from
Mizpah, after [that] he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
[even] mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and
the eunuchs, whom he had brought a...
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Now it came to pass in the seventh month, [that] Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and
the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat
bread together in Mizpah....
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a-hi'-kam ('achiqam, "my brother has risen up"): A prominent
man of the time of King Josiah and the following decades (2 Ki
22:12,14; 25:22; 2 Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24; 39:14; 40:5 ff; 41:1
ff; 43:6). He was the son of Shaphan, who very likely is to be
identified with Shaphan the scribe, who was at that time so
prominent. Ahikam was the father of G...
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