12<\/strong>. Ahikam the son of Shaphan<\/em> ] Ahikam was father of Gedaliah (Jer 39:14<\/span>), and continued in an official position in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 26:24<\/span>). Ahikam must have been a person of ripe years to be sent on such an errand as this to Huldah. Hence Shaphan his father must have been of an advanced age. (See above on verse 3.)<\/p>\n Achbor the son of Michaiah<\/em> ] R.V. Micaiah<\/strong>. He is not mentioned except in this history. In the parallel place of Chronicles (2Ch 34:20<\/span>) he is called Abdon the son of Micah.<\/p>\n Asahiah a servant of the king’s<\/em> ] R.V. Asaiah the king’s servant<\/strong>. The name is so spelt in 2Ch 34:20<\/span>. ‘Servant’ in such phrases signifies some person of influence in close attendance on the king. See on v. 13 above.<\/p>\n A servant of the kings, <\/B>who most constantly waited upon the kings person; otherwise all of them were the kings servants. <\/P> <\/p>\n 12-15. the king commanded . . . Go,inquire of the Lord for me,<\/B> c.The agitated feelings of theking prompted him to ask immediate counsel how to avert those cursesunder which his kingdom lay and forthwith a deputation of hisprincipal officers was sent to one endowed with the prophetic spirit.<\/P> Ahikam<\/B>a friend ofJeremiah (Jer 26:24<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest<\/strong>,…. The high priest, as he is called, 2Ki 22:4<\/span><\/p>\n and Ahikam the son of Shaphan<\/strong>; whether the same with Shaphan the scribe, before mentioned, or another of the same name, is not certain:<\/p>\n and Achbor the son of Michaiah<\/strong>; who is called Abdon, the son of Micah, 2Ch 34:20<\/span><\/p>\n and Shaphan the scribe<\/strong>; who brought and read the book to the king:<\/p>\n and Asahiah, a servant of the king’s<\/strong>; that waited on him constantly:<\/p>\n saying<\/strong>; as follows.<\/p>\n (12) And the king commanded<\/strong> . . .<\/strong>Comp. the similar embassy to Isaiah (2Ki. 19:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n As to Ahikam<\/em> see Jer. 26:24<\/span>; Jer. 40:5<\/span>; and for Achbor<\/em>, Jer. 26:22<\/span>; Jer. 36:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n Asahiah a servant of the kings.<\/strong>Probably the same officer as the knight or aide-de-camp<\/em> who attended on the king (2Ki. 7:2<\/span>; 2Ki. 9:25<\/span>.)<\/p>\n THE ORACLE OF HULDAH THE PROPHETESS, 2Ki 22:12-20<\/span>.<\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. <\/strong> Hilkiah Ahikam Achbor Shaphan Asahiah <\/strong> A truly honourable and imposing delegation, and indicative of the king’s profound earnestness and anxiety. Here was first the high priest: then Ahikam, <\/em> who afterwards appears as the friend of Jeremiah, and father of the governor of the cities of Judah; (Jer 26:24<\/span>; Jer 40:5<\/span>\ud83d\ude09 then Achbor, <\/em> whose eminence in the kingdom is shown further by the fact that his son Elnathan was one of Zedekiah’s chief ministers; (Jer 26:22<\/span>; Jer 36:12<\/span>\ud83d\ude09 then Shaphan, the scribe<\/strong>, who must now have been an old and venerable man to have a son so eminent in the kingdom as Ahikam; <\/em> and, lastly, a servant of the king’s <\/strong> named Asahiah, <\/em> who seems, from his association with the other deputies, to have been some honourable officer.<\/p>\n How gracious an enquiry. Josiah compared the threatenings of God’s law with the magnitude of the sins of the people, and he felt the dreaded punishment as already at the door. These are sure signs of a work of grace, when the inquiry goes forth in earnestness, What must I do to be saved! And when that enquiry is accompanied with what the Lord himself calls, accepting the punishment of our iniquity. Lev 26:41<\/span> . Reader! are you desirous to know whether a real work of grace is begun in your heart? Answer the question by these marks: Do you feel sin as exceeding sinful? And do you from your heart confess that while you seek mercy, you know yourself to be totally undeserving of it! These are precious tokens, because they lead to all precious Jesus. For surely, Lord, thou wilt be precious when I am brought to see that I am forever lost and undone without thee!<\/p>\n 2Ki 22:12 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,<\/p>\n Ver. 12. And Achbor the son of Michaiah.<\/strong> ] Called Abdon the son of Micah, 2Ch 34:20 by a different pronunciation.<\/p>\n Ahikara. The friend of Jeremiah (Jer 26:24) and father of Gedaliah (Compare 2Ki 25:22. Jer 39:14, Jer 40:5). See note on “Shaphan” (2Ki 22:3). <\/p>\n Achbor. Not the same person as Abdon, in 2Ch 34:20. <\/p>\n the king: 2Ki 19:2, 2Ki 19:3, 2Ch 34:19-21, Isa 37:1-4 <\/p>\n Ahikam: 2Ki 22:9, Jer 26:22, Jer 26:24 <\/p>\n Achbor: 2Ch 34:20, Abdon <\/p>\n Michaiah: or, Micah <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 12:10 – the king’s 2Ki 25:22 – Ahikam 1Ch 6:13 – Hilkiah 2Ch 34:8 – sent Shaphan Psa 11:3 – what Isa 37:2 – General Jer 29:3 – Gemariah Jer 36:11 – Shaphan Jer 36:12 – Elnathan Jer 40:5 – Ahikam Eze 8:11 – Shaphan<\/p>\n 2Ki 22:12-13. Asahiah, a servant of the kings Who most constantly waited upon the kings person; otherwise all of those here mentioned were the kings servants. Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, &c. What we shall do to appease his wrath, and whether the curses here threatened must come upon us without remedy, or whether there be hope in Israel concerning the prevention of them. For great is the wrath of the Lord, because our fathers, &c. In the glass of the divine law, he saw the sins of his people to be more numerous and more heinous than he had before seen them, and more exceeding sinful. And he saw that the wrath of God was kindled in a high degree against the whole nation, not only for the sins of the present generation, but because that from their first coming out of Egypt to this time, they had been almost in the constant habit of disregarding and violating the divine laws, and that in the most notorious and flagrant instances.<\/p>\n 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, 12. Ahikam the son of Shaphan ] Ahikam was father of Gedaliah (Jer 39:14), and continued in an official position in the reign of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 22:12”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"