Topic
Shaphan
28 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:20Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:3Smith · ISBE
¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:12ISBE · Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
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,
- Jeremiah 26:24ISBE · Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
- Jeremiah 29:3ISBE · Nave 3. Father of Elasah
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
- Jeremiah 39:14ISBE · Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
- Ezekiel 8:11ISBE · Nave 4. Father of Jaazaniah
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
- 2 Kings 22:1–20ISBE
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way…
- 2 Kings 22:3–7Easton
¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought…
- 2 Kings 22:3–14Nave 1. A scribe of King Josiah
¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought…
- 2 Kings 22:4Smith
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
- 2 Kings 22:14Smith
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
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- 2 Kings 25:22 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
- 2 Chronicles 34:1–33 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 Smith
- 2 Chronicles 34:8–28 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 34:8–20 Nave 1. A scribe of King Josiah
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 Smith
- Jeremiah 36:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 36:10–12 Nave 1. A scribe of King Josiah — Father of Gemariah
- Jeremiah 36:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 36:12 ISBE
- Jeremiah 36:25 ISBE
- Jeremiah 40:5 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
- Jeremiah 40:9 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
- Jeremiah 40:11 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
- Jeremiah 41:2 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
- Jeremiah 43:6 Nave 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him by Hilkiah the priest (8-14). His grandson Gedaliah was governor of Judea (25:22).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
sha'-fan (shaphan, "rockbadger," English Versions of the Bible "coney"; Saphphan): An old totem clan name (so W.R. Smith; compare, however, the article TOTEMISM; Gray, Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 103 ff, and Jacob's Studies in Biblical Archaeology, 84 ff).
(1) Son of Azaliah and scribe of King Josiah. He received from Hilkiah the Book of the Law which had been found in the Temple (2Ki 22:3 ff; 2Ch 34:8-28). It was from Shaphan's lips that Josiah heard the Law read. Shaphan was also one of those sent by the king to the prophetess Huldah (2Ki 22; 2Ch 34). He was undoubtedly one of the staunchest supporters of Josiah in his work of reform. He was the father of Ahikam (2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24), who befriended and protected the prophet Jeremiah. Another son, Elasah, was one of the two men entrusted by Jeremiah with his letter to the captives in Babylon (Jer 29:3). A third son, Gemariah, vainly tried to prevent King Jehoiakim from burning "the roll" (Jer 36:10,11,12,25). The Micaiah of Jer 36:11,12, and Gedaliah, the governor of Judea after the captivity of 586 BC, were his grandsons (Jer 39:14).
(2) Perhaps the father of Jaazaniah, one of the 70 men whom Ezekiel saw, in his vision of the Temple, sacrificing to idols (Eze 8:11).
Horace J. Wolf
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 15 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A scribe of King Josiah 2Ki 22:3-14; 2Ch 34:8-20
- Father of Gemariah Jer 36:10-12
- 2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah 2Ki 22:12; 25:22; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24; 39:14; 40:5,9,11; 41:2; 43:6
- 3. Father of Elasah Jer 29:3
- 4. Father of Jaazaniah Eze 8:11
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.