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; 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;43:6). On one occasion he protected Jeremiah ......