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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 22:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 22:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518] the priest [03548], and Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Achbor [05907] the son [01121] of Michaiah [04320], and Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608], and Asahiah [06222] a servant [05650] of the king's [04428], saying [0559], |
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King James |
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, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the king commanded . . . Go, inquire of the Lord for me, &c.--The agitated feelings of the king prompted him to ask immediate counsel how to avert those curses under which his kingdom lay; and forthwith a deputation of his principal officers was sent to one endowed with the prophetic spirit.
Ahikam--a friend of Jeremiah (Jer 26:24). |
24 Nevertheless the hand [03027] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] was with Jeremiah [03414], that they should not give [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the people [05971] to put him to death [04191].