The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
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The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
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And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
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And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 22:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 26:24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
- 2 Kings 25:22 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
- 2 Kings 19:2-3 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
- 2 Kings 22:9 Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hands of the workmen who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:19-21 When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. The king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, “Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept Yahweh’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
- Isaiah 37:1-4 When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house. He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth. It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
- Jeremiah 26:22 Then Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,…
2Ki 22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
Ver. 12. And Achbor the son of Michaiah.] Called Abdon the son of Micah, {2Ch 34:20} by a different pronunciation.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A servant of the king’s, who most constantly waited…
A servant of the king’s, who most constantly waited upon the king’s person; otherwise all of them were the king’s servants.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,.... The high…
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,.... The high priest, as he is called, Kg2 22:4.
and Ahikam the son of Shaphan; whether the same with Shaphan the scribe, before mentioned, or another of the same name, is not certain:
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and Achbor the son of Michaiah; who is called Abdon, the son of Micah, Ch2 34:20.
and Shaphan the scribe; who brought and read the book to the king:
and Asahiah, a servant of the king's; that waited on him constantly:
saying; as follows.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 22:12-13. Asahiah, a servant of the king’s —…
2Ki 22:12-13. Asahiah, a servant of the king’s — Who most constantly waited upon the king’s person; otherwise all of those here mentioned were the king’s servants. Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, &c. — What we shall do to appease his wrath, and whether the curses here threatened must come upon us without remedy, or whether there be hope in Israel concerning the prevention of them. For great is the wrath of the Lord, because our fathers, &c. — In the glass of the divine law, he saw the sins of his people to be more numerous and more heinous than he had before seen them, and more exceeding sinful. And he saw that the wrath of God was kindled in a high degree against the whole nation, not only for the sins of the present generation, but because that from their first coming out of Egypt to this time, they had been almost in the constant habit of disregarding and violating the divine laws, and that in the most notorious and flagrant instances.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the king commanded . . . Go, inquire of…
the king commanded . . . Go, inquire of the Lord for me, &c.--The agitated feelings of the king prompted him to ask immediate counsel how to avert those curses under which his kingdom lay; and forthwith a deputation of his principal officers was sent to one endowed with the prophetic spirit.
Ahikam--a friend of Jeremiah (Jer 26:24).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain THE ORACLE OF HULDAH THE PROPHETESS, 2Ki_22:12-20.
THE ORACLE OF HULDAH THE PROPHETESS, 2Ki_22:12-20.
12. Hilkiah… Ahikam… Achbor… Shaphan… Asahiah — A truly honourable and imposing delegation, and indicative of the king’s profound earnestness and anxiety. Here was first the high priest: then Ahikam, who afterwards appears as the friend of Jeremiah, and father of the governor of the cities of Judah; (Jer_26:24; Jer_40:5;) then Achbor, whose eminence in the kingdom is shown further by the fact that his son Elnathan was one of Zedekiah’s chief ministers; (Jer_26:22; Jer_36:12;) then Shaphan, the scribe, who must now have been an old and venerable man to have a son so eminent in the kingdom as Ahikam; and, lastly, a servant of the king’s named Asahiah, who seems, from his association with the other deputies, to have been some honourable officer.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Ahikam the son of Shaphan] Ahikam was father…
12. Ahikam the son of Shaphan] Ahikam was father of Gedaliah (Jer_39:14), and continued in an official position in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer_26:24). Ahikam must have been a person of ripe years to be sent on such an errand as this to Huldah. Hence Shaphan his father must have been of an advanced age. (See above on verse 3.)
Achbor the son of Michaiah] R.V. Micaiah. He is not mentioned except in this history. In the parallel place of Chronicles (2Ch_34:20) he is called Abdon the son of Micah.
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Asahiah a servant of the king’s] R.V. Asaiah the king’s servant. The name is so spelt in 2Ch_34:20. ‘Servant’ in such phrases signifies some person of influence in close attendance on the king. See on v. 13 above.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) And the king commanded . . .—Comp. the…
(12) And the king commanded . . .—Comp. the similar embassy to Isaiah (2Ki_19:2).
As to Ahikam see Jer_26:24; Jer_40:5; and for Achbor, Jer_26:22; Jer_36:12.
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Asahiah a servant of the king’s.—Probably the same officer as “the knight” or aide-de-camp who attended on the king (2Ki_7:2; 2Ki_9:25.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam…
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan. "Ahikam the son of Shaphan" is almost certainly Jeremiah"s protector at the court of Jehoiakim, (Jer_26:24) the father of the Godaliah who wan made governor of Judaea on Nebuchadnezzar"s final conquest. (Jer_39:14 Jer_40:7) "Shaphan;" his father, is no doubt "Shaphan the scribe." And Achbor the son of Michaiah. The parallel passage of Chronicles (2Ch_34:20) has "Abdon the son of Micah," which is probably a corrupt reading. Achbor was the father of El-nathan, one of the "princes of Judah" (Jer_36:12) in Jehoiakim"s reign. And Shaphan the scribe, and Asa-hiah a servant of the king"s or Asaiah, as the name is given in Chronicles, l.s.c. saying,
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