Shaphan’s son, an officer of the court of King Josiah of Judah (2 Kings 22:12).
Ahikam was one of the people who were sent to the prophetess Huldah to ask about the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:14–20). Later, under King Jehoiakim, Ahikam saved the prophet Jeremiah from being killed (Jeremiah 26:24). Ahikam’s son Gedaliah became the governor of Judah after Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took most of its citizens to Babylon in 586 BC (2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 39:14; 40:5–16; 41:1–18; 43:6).