Jeremiah 26:24 - Exposition

Nevertheless the hand of Ahi-kant, etc.; i.e. in spite of the prepossession against prophets like Jeremiah which this incident reveals, Ahikam threw all his influence into the scale of toleration.' The same Ahikam is mentioned in circumstances which reflect credit on his religion in 2 Kings 22:12-14 . One of his sons, Gemariah, lent Baruch his official room for the reading of the prophecies of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 36:10 ); another was the well-known Gedaliah, who became governor of Judah after the fall of Jerusalem, and who was himself friendly to Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 39:14 ; Jeremiah 40:5 ).