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<p> [[Sent]] by [[Josiah]] to [[Huldah]] the prophetess, when the book of the law was found in the temple, <span> 2 Kings 22:12 </span> . [[He]] afterwards nobly befriended the prophet Jeremiah, <span> [[Jeremiah]] 26:24 </span> ; <span> 39:14 </span> . </p>

<span> 2 Kings 22:12-14 </span> <span> 2 [[Chronicles]] 34:20 </span> <span> 2 Kings 25:22 </span> <span> [[Jeremiah]] 40:5-16 </span> <span> 43:6 </span> <span> Jeremiah 26:24 </span>

<p> [[Son]] of [[Shaphan]] the scribe, sent by [[Josiah]] to [[Huldah]] the prophetess ( <span> 2 Kings 22:12 </span> ). [[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 ( <span> Jeremiah 26:16-24 </span> ). [[God]] rewarded Ahikam by the honor put upon Gedaliah, his son, by Nebuchadnezzar's making him governor over the cities of Judah, and committing Jeremiah' to him, when the [[Babylonians]] took [[Jerusalem]] ( <span> Jeremiah 40:5 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span> ). </p>

<span> 2 Kings 22:8-20 </span> <span> 2 Kings 25:22-25 </span> <span> [[Jeremiah]] 26:24 </span> <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span>

<p> <strong> AHIKAM </strong> . [[One]] of the deputation sent by king [[Josiah]] to [[Huldah]] the prophetess ( <span> 2 Kings 22:12 </span> ; <span> 2 Kings 22:14 </span> , <span> 2 [[Chronicles]] 34:20 </span> ). [[Later]] he used his influence to protect [[Jeremiah]] from the violence of the populace during the reign of [[Jehoiakim]] ( <span> Jeremiah 26:24 </span> ). </p>

<p> [[Son]] of [[Shaphan]] the scribe, and one of those sent by [[Josiah]] to [[Huldah]] the prophetess to inquire of the [[Lord]] as to the book of the law that had been found. <span> 2 Kings 22:12-22 </span> . [[He]] also served under [[Jehoiakim]] and shielded [[Jeremiah]] from death when he prophesied against the nation. He was father of [[Gedaliah]] whom [[Nebuchadnezzar]] made governor of the land. <span> Jeremiah 26:24 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 40:5-16 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 41:1-16 </span> . </p>

<p> <span> [[Ahikam]] </span> ( <span> a-hî'kam </span> ), <span> brother of the enemy. </span> A person who rescued Jeremiah, when It was proposed to give him into the hands of the people, to be put to death. <span> 2 Kings 22:12-14 </span> ; <span> 2 Kings 25:22 </span> ; <span> [[Jeremiah]] 26:24 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span> </p>

<p> <span> Ahi'kam. </span> <span> (a brother who raises up). </span> [[Son]] of Shaphan, the scribe, an influential officer at the court of Josiah, was one of the delegates sent by Hilkaih to consult Huldah. <span> 2 Kings 22:12-14 </span> . [[In]] the reign of Jehoiakim, he successfully used his influence to protect the prophet Jeremiah. <span> [[Jeremiah]] 26:24 </span> . [[He]] was the father of Gedaliah. (B.C. 641). <span> [[See]] </span> <a> [[Gedaliah]] </a> <span> . </span> </p>

<p> the son of Shaphan, and father of Gedaliah. [[He]] was sent by Josiah, king of Judah, to [[Huldah]] the prophetess, <span> 2 Kings 22:12 </span> , to consult her concerning the book of the law, which had been found in the temple. </p>

<p> <translit> a </translit> - <translit> hı̄´kam </translit> ( <span> אחיקם </span> , <i> <translit> 'aḥı̄ḳām </translit> </i> , "my brother has risen up"): A prominent man of the time of [[King]] [[Josiah]] and the following decades ( <span> 2 Kings 22:12 </span> , <span> 2 Kings 22:14 </span> ; <span> 2 Kings 25:22 </span> ; <span> 2 [[Chronicles]] 34:20 </span> ; <span> [[Jeremiah]] 26:24 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 40:5 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 41:1 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 43:6 </span> ). [[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 Gedaliah, whom, on the capture of Jerusalem, [[Nebuchadnezzar]] made governor of the land. Ahikam was a member of the deputation sent by Josiah to the prophetess [[Huldah]] to consult her concerning the contents of the [[Book]] of the [[Law]] which had been found. Under [[Jehoiakim]] he had sufficient influence to protect Jeremiah from being put to death. [[On]] the capture of [[Jerusalem]] Nebuchadnezzar committed Jeremiah into the care of Gedaliah. It is clear that both Shaphan and his son, like Jeremiah, belonged to the party which held that the men of [[Judah]] were under obligation to keep the oath which they had sworn to the tang of Babylon. </p>

<p> Ahi´kam (brother of the enemy), one of the four persons of distinction whom [[Josiah]] sent to consult Huldah, the prophetess ( <span> 2 Kings 22:12-14 </span> ). [[Ahikam]] and his family are honorably distinguished for their protection of the prophet [[Jeremiah]] ( <span> Jeremiah 26:24 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span> ). </p>

<p> (Hebrew Achikam', <span> אֲחַיקָס </span> <span> , brother of support, </span> i e. <span> helper; </span> Sept. <span> Ἀχικάμ </span> ), the second named of the four eminent persons sent by [[King]] [[Josiah]] to inquire of the prophetess [[Huldah]] concerning the proper course to be pursued in relation to the acknowledged violations of the newly- discovered book of the law ( <span> 2 Kings 22:12-14 </span> ; <span> 2 [[Chronicles]] 34:20 </span> ), B.C. 623. [[He]] afterward protected the prophet [[Jeremiah]] from the persecuting fury of [[Jehoiakim]] ( <span> Jeremiah 26:24 </span> ), B.C. 607; and other members of his family were equally humane ( <span> Jeremiah 39:14 </span> ). He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and father of Gedaliah, the viceroy of [[Judaea]] after the capture of [[Jerusalem]] by the [[Babylonians]] ( <span> 2 Kings 25:22 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 40:5-16 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 41:1-18 </span> ; <span> Jeremiah 43:6 </span> ). </p>

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