Ahikam

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahikam, a brother who raises up or avenges