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(Hebrew Achikam', àֲçַé÷ָñ , brother of support, i e. helper; Sept. Á᾿÷éêÜì ), the second named of the four eminent persons sent by King Josiah to inquire of the prophetess Huldah concerning the proper course to be pursued in relation to the acknowledged violations of the newly- discovered book of the law (2Ki_22:12-14; 2Ch_34:20), B.C. 623. He afterward protected the prophet Jeremiah from the persecuting fury of Jehoiakim (Jer_26:24), B.C. 607; and other members of his family were equally humane (Jer_39:14). He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and father of Gedaliah, the viceroy of Judaea after the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians (2Ki_25:22; Jer_40:5-16; Jer_41:1-18; Jer_43:6).