Ahikam
Ahikam, in Hebrew אחיקם, "My brother has risen". One of the five whom, according to the [Hebrew Bible]] 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, in a move described by Jonathan Magonet as taking the prophet into 'protective custody',[3] he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim.[4][5] It was in the chamber of another son (Gemariah) of Shaphan that Baruch read Jeremiah's scroll in the hearing of all the people.
References
- ^ 2Kings 22:12–14; 2Chronicles 34:20
- ^ 2Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:5–16; Jeremiah 43:6)
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives (London, SCM), 107
- ^ (Jeremiah 26:24)
- ^ Ahicam - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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