SHAPHAN
SHAPHAN
1. A scribe or secretary under King Josiah, to whom he read from the newly found autograph roll of the book of the law, 2Ki 22:12 ; Jer 29:3 ; 36:10; Eze 8:11 .2. The father of Ahikam, 2Ki 22:12 ; 25:22; Jer 26:24 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Shaphan
(Heb. Shaphan’, , coney; Sept. v.r. , and in 2 Kings 22), the scribe or secretary of king Josiah, and the father of another of his principal officers. B.C. cir. 628. He was the son of Azaliah (2Ki 22:3, 2Ch 34:8), father of Ahikam (2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20), Elasah (Jer 29:3), and Gemariah (36:10-12), and grandfather of Gedaliah (39:14; 40:5, 9, 11; 41:2; 43:6), Michaiah (36:11), and probably of Jaazaniah (Eze 8:11). There seems to be no sufficient reason for supposing, as many have done, that Shaphan the father of Ahikam, and Shaphan the scribe, were different persons. The history of Shaphan brings out some points with regard to the office of scribe which he held. He appears on an equality with the governor of the city and the royal recorder, with whom he was sent by the king to Hilkiah to take an account of the money which had been collected by the Levites for the repair of the Temple and to pay the workmen (2Ki 22:4; 2Ch 34:9; comp. 2Ki 12:10).
Ewald calls him minister of finance (Gesch. 3, 697). It was on this occasion that Hilkiah communicated his discovery of a copy of the law, which he had probably found while making preparations for the repair of the Temple. Shaphan was intrusted to deliver it to the king. Whatever may have been the portion of the Pentateuch thus discovered, the manner of its discovery, and the conduct of the king upon hearing it read by Shaphan, prove that for many years it must have been lost and its.contents forgotten. The part read was apparently from Deuteronomy, and when Shaphan ended, the king sent him with the high priest Hilkiah, and other men of high rank, to consult Huldah the prophetess. Her answer moved Josiah deeply, and the work which began with the restoration of the decayed fabric of the Temple quickly took the form of a thorough reformation of religion and revival of the Levitical services, while all traces of idolatry were for a time swept away. Shaphan was then probably an old man, for his son Ahikam must have been in a position of importance, and his grandson Gedaliah was already born as we may infer from the fact that thirty-five years afterwards he was made governor of the country by the Chaldaeans, an office which would hardly be given to a very young man. Be this as it may, Shaphan disappears from the scene, and probably died before the fifth year of Jehoiakim, eighteen years later, when we find Elishama was scribe (Jer 36:12). There is just one point in the narrative of the burning of the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies by the order of the king which seems to identify Shaphan the father of Ahikam with Shaphan the scribe. It is well known that Ahikam was Jeremiah’s great friend and protector at court, and it was therefore consistent with this friendship of his brother for the prophet that Gemariah the son of Shaphan should warn Jeremiah and Baruch to hide themselves, and should intercede with the king for the preservation of the roll (36:12, 19, 25).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Shaphan (2)
SEE CONEY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Shaphan
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).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Shaphan
(“the jerboa’.) 2Ki 22:3; 2Ki 22:12; Jer 29:8; Jer 36:10-12; Jer 39:14; Jer 40:5; Jer 40:9; Jer 40:11; Jer 41:2; Jer 43:6; Eze 8:11. Sent by king Josiah, With the governor of the city and the recorder, to Hilkiah to take account of the money collected for repairing the temple. Hilkiah gave the discovered copy of the law to Shaphan who read it to the king. Josiah then sent Shaphan, etc., to Huldah the prophetess to inquire of the Lord His will. Shaphan must have been then an old man, for his son Ahikam was then a man of influence at court. Ahikam was Jeremiah’s friend; hence Gemariah gives the prophet and Earuch a friendly warning to hide, and intercedes that Jehoiakim should not burn the roll (Jer 36:12; Jer 36:19; Jer 36:25).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Shaphan
SHAPHAN (coney or rock-badger; an old totem clan-nameso W. R. Smith).1. The scribe (secretary of state) of Josiah in 621 b.c., son of Azaliah, who laid before the king the law-book discovered by Hilkiah (wh. see) in the Temple (2Ki 22:3-11 = 2Ch 34:8-18). Shaphan appears to have been the chief lay leader in the execution of Josiahs reforms. His family for two following generations played a worthy part as servants of Jehovah, and friends of the prophet Jeremiah: the Ahikam of 2Ki 22:12-14 (= 2Ch 34:20-22) and Jer 26:24, the Gemariah of Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25, and Elasah (Jer 29:3) were Shaphans sons; the Micaiah of Jer 36:11-12, and Gedaliah (wh. see), whom the Chaldans made governor of Juda after the Captivity of 586 b.c., his grandsons. 2. The Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, denounced in Eze 8:11 as ringleader in idolatry, was possibly, but not certainly, a son of the same Shaphan.
G. G. Findlay.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Shaphan
shafan (( naf, 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; 2 Ch 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 (2 Ki 22; 2 Ch 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, Jer 36:11, Jer 36:12, Jer 36:25). The Micaiah of Jer 36:11, Jer 36:12, 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).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Shaphan
Shaphan, the scribe or secretary of King Josiah (2Ki 22:3; 2Ki 22:12; Jer 36:10; comp. Ezr 8:11). Contemporary with him was a state officer named Ahikam, constantly mentioned as ‘the son of Shaphan’ (2Ki 22:12; 2Ki 25:22; Jer 26:24; Jer 39:14; and perhaps 39:3); but this Shaphan, the father of Ahikam, can hardly be the same with Shaphan the scribe, although the heedless reader may be apt to confound them.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Shaphan
[Sha’phan]
Son of Azaliah and perhaps father of Ahikam, Gemariah, Elasah, and Jaazaniah: he was scribe or secretary to king Josiah. He presented to the king the book of the law that had been found in the temple. 2Ki 22:3-14; 2Ki 25:22; 2Ch 34:8-20; Jer 26:24; Jer 29:3; Jer 36:10-12; Jer 39:14; Jer 40:5-11; Jer 41:2; Jer 43:6; Eze 8:11.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Shaphan
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1. A scribe of King Josiah:
– General references
2Ki 22:3-14; 2Ch 34:8-20
– Father of Gemariah
Jer 36:10-12
2. Father of Ahikam and grandfather of Gedaliah
2Ki 22:12; 2Ki 25:22; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24; Jer 39:14; Jer 40:5; Jer 40:9; Jer 40:11; Jer 41:2; Jer 43:6
3. Father of Elasah
Jer 29:3
4. Father of Jaazaniah
Eze 8:11
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Shaphan
Sha’phan. (coney). The scribe, or secretary, of King Josiah. 2Ki 22:3; 2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:8; 2Ch 34:20. (B.C. 628). He appears on an equality, with the governor of the city, and the royal recorder. 2Ki 22:4; 2Ch 34:9.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
SHAPHAN
a scribe
2Ki22:3; 2Ki22:10; 2Ch 34:8; 2Ch 34:16