Shaphan
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Meaning: a coney
A scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2Kg 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).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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Son of Azaliah and scribe of King Josiah. He received from Hilkiah, the high priest, the book of the Law which had been found in the Temple. Shaphan was one of those sent by the king to the prophetess Huldah (II Kings xxii.; II Chron. xxxiv.). In Jer 36:10-12 mention is made of the hall in which, in the reign of King Jehoiakim, Shaphan's son officiated.
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
This article needs to be merged with SHAPHAN (Jewish Encyclopedia).
