ahikam

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ahikam - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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 22:12-14; 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. 40:5-16; 43:6). On one
  occasion he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim
  (Jer. 26:24). It was in the chamber of another son (Germariah)
  of Shaphan that Baruch read in the ears of all the people
  Jeremiah's roll.