2 Kings 22:12 - Exposition

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 ( Jeremiah 26:24 ), the father of the Godaliah who wan made governor of Judaea on Nebuchadnezzar's final conquest ( Jeremiah 39:14 ; Jeremiah 40:7 ). "Shaphan;' his father, is no doubt "Shaphan the scribe." And Achbor the son of Michaiah. The parallel passage of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 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" ( Jeremiah 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,