Ahikam - See the marginal reference. His son Gemariah lent Jeremiah his room for the public reading of Jehoiakim’s scroll, and another son Gedaliah was made governor of the land by the Chaldaeans Jeremiah 39:14; the family probably shared the political views of Jeremiah.
Verse Jeremiah 26:24. _THE HAND OF AHIKAM - WAS WITH JEREMIAH_] And it was probably by his influence that Jeremiah did not share the same fate with Urijah. The Ahikam mentioned here was probably the...
CHAPTER 26 Threatened with Death and His Deliverance _ 1. The temple like Shiloh, and Jerusalem to be a curse (Jeremiah 26:1) _ 2. Threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:8) 3. Jeremiah's defense ...
JEREMIAH 26. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD: JEREMIAH'S PERIL (608 B.C.). Jeremiah is told to proclaim in the Temple (_cf._ Jeremiah 19:14; probably at some festival) a perilous message (keep not...
AHIKAM. The father of Gedaliah, who, when appointed governor by Nebuchadnezzar, stood as the friend of Jeremiah. For. son of Ahikam also befriending Jeremiah, See Jeremiah 40:6. SHAPHAN. See note on 2...
See introd. summary to ch. The story is introduced by the compiler (probably Baruch) to illustrate the risk to which Jeremiah was exposed; perhaps also to contrast Jeremiah's courage and Uriah's cowar...
_Ahikam the son of Shaphan_ He was one of the five sent by Josiah (2 Kings 22:12) to consult Huldah. His son Gedaliah, as governor of the land (Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5), stood the prophet's frie...
AHIKAM— _Ahikam_ was an ancient prince of Judah, who bore a considerable employment under Josiah. Compare 2 Kings 22:12. _Gedaliah_ was his son; see Exodus 25:22 who, as well as his father, had a grea...
4. _Jeremiah's deliverance_ (Jeremiah 26:24) TRANSLATION (24) But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah in order to prevent his being given into the hand of the people to slay him....
I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24 The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business. Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high priest...
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. AHIKAM - son of Shaphan the scribe, or royal sec...
JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (EARLY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM) For Jeremiah 26:1 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had...
AHIKAM] father of Gedaliah, who, when appointed governor by Nebuchadnezzar, stood the prophet's friend (Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5)....
NEVERTHELESS THE HAND OF AHIKAM... — The family to whom the prophet’s protector belonged played a conspicuous part in the history of this period, and may be said to have furnished examples of three ge...
אַ֗ךְ יַ֚ד אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן ־שָׁפָ֔ן הָיְתָ֖ה א
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17; Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44 God regarded
Once again Jeremiah repeated a previous message, one delivered yet earlier, "in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim." He had then been instructed to stand in the court of the Lord's house, and del...
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam (n) the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. (n) Which declares that nothing could have app...
_Ahicam. A man employed under Josias, (4 Kings xxii. 12.) and father of Godolias, who was also the protector of Jeremias, chap. xxxix. 14., and 4 Kings xxv. 22. (Calmet)_...
REFLECTIONS YE ministers of the Lord Jesus! here learn from Jeremiah the blessedness of being found faithful. Solemnly enlisted under the banner of Christ, plead his cause, and fight his battle, with...
I pray the Reader to observe with me, who were the enemies of faithful Jeremiah: namely, the unfaithful priests. Oh! what a reproach is it to any age, and to every age of the Church, that the Redeemer...
There is here an adversative particle, and not without reason; for the contention is pointed out which had so raged that it became difficult to extricate the holy Prophet from danger. We hence conclud...
Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have const...
NEVERTHELESS, THE HAND OF AHIKAM THE SON OF SHAPHAN WAS WITH JEREMIAH,.... Though this instance was urged as a precedent to go by, being lately done; or though the king's cruelty had been so lately ex...
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. Ver. 24. _Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam._] Who h...
_Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam, &c., was with Jeremiah_ Both he and his father Shaphan were chief ministers under Josiah, 2 Kings 22:12. And the brothers of Ahikam, Gemariah, Elasah, and Jaazaniah...
Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, the worthy son of a noble father, 2 Kings 22:12, and the father of Gedaliah, who followed in his steps, 2 Kings 25:22, WAS WITH JEREMIAH, he broug...
Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...
16-24 When secure sinners are threatened with taking away the Spirit of God, and the kingdom of God, it is what is warranted from the word of God. Hezekiah who protected Micah, prospered. Did Jehoiak...
Though Jeremiah's enemies pleaded this instance of Urijah, which had this advantage of the other, because it was matter of fact done lately, and a case judged in this very king's reign; yet _the hand_...
Jeremiah 26:24 hand H3027 Ahikam H296 son H1121 Shaphan H8227 Jeremiah H3414 give H5414 (H8800) hand H3027 peopl
THE CASE OF URIAH, THE SON OF SHEMAIAH, ANOTHER FAITHFUL PROPHET (JEREMIAH 26:20). It is quite clear that this was not a part of the defence put forward by the elders, for it presents the opposite pic...
SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...
A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple court. Spiteful treatment of Jeremiah and his brave stand. Martyrdom of Urijah. CHARACTERS: Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, Micah, Hezekiah, Urijah, Elnathan, Ahikam. CONCLUSION:...
Jeremiah 26:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ See the note on Jeremiah 26:3. Jeremiah 26:2. _Stand in the court of the Lord's house._ See the note on...
_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah._ AFFLICTIONS, DISTRESSES, TUMULTS Jehoiakim was, perhaps, the most despicable of the kings of Judah. Josephus says that he was...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. About three years earlier than the prophecy of preceding chapter. _Cf_. chapter 7 with this, and it is evident that they are synchronous. E...
JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE. EXPOSITION The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2 is a summary of that contained in Jeremiah 7:1; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with...
Jer 26:1-24 through 30. In the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah the Lord had ordered Jeremiah to go to the king's house, Zedekiah, and prophesy unto him. So these prophecies were those that Jeremiah...
1 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 34:20; 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 25:22;...
Nevertheless — Tho' Jeremiah's enemies pleaded this instance of Urijah, a case judged in this very king's reign; yet the hand, that is, the power and interest of Ahikam, one of Josiah's counsellors, a...