Occurrences
ʼĂchîyqâm occurs 20 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (16)
- 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:14 — So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam (וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם), and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
- 2 Kings 25:22 — And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֥ם), the son of Shaphan, ruler.
- 2 Chronicles 34:20 — And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- Jeremiah 26:24 — Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
- Jeremiah 39:14 — Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
- Jeremiah 40:5 — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
- Jeremiah 40:6 — Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֖ם) to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
- Jeremiah 40:7 — Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֖ם) governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
- Jeremiah 40:9 — And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֤ם) the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
- Jeremiah 40:11 — Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֥ם) the son of Shaphan;
- Jeremiah 40:14 — And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָֽם) believed them not.
- Jeremiah 40:16 — But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָם֙) said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
- Jeremiah 41:1 — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֖ם) to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 41:2 — Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֧ם) the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
- Jeremiah 41:6 — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָֽם).
- Jeremiah 41:10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֑ם): and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
- Jeremiah 41:16 — Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֑ם), even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
- Jeremiah 41:18 — Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֔ם), whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
- Jeremiah 43:6 — Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam (אֲחִיקָ֣ם) the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.