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id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm" title="Jeremiah 26:23">◄</a> Jeremiah 26:24 <a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm" title="Jeremiah 27:1">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Study Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Crossref </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Hebrew </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/26.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/26.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ahikam, son of Shaphan, supported Jeremiah. So Jeremiah was not handed over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But because I had the support of Ahikam son of Shaphan, I was not handed over to the people and killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet because Shaphan's son Ahikam supported Jeremiah, he was not handed over to the people for them to kill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />However, Ahikam son of Shaphan used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan has been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan hath been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah not to give him into the hand of the people to kill him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So the hand of Ahicam the son of Saphan was with Jeremias, that he should not be delivered into the hands of the people, to put him to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, so that he would not be delivered into the hands of the people, and so that they would not put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, protected Jeremiah, so they did not hand him over to the people to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over into the hands of the people to be put to death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they might not deliver him into the hand of the people to put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However, the hand of Akhiqam, son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah that he would not deliver him into the hand of the people to kill him <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Nevertheless the hand of Achicam son of Saphan was with Jeremias, to prevent his being delivered into the hands of the people, or being killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7956" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Jeremiah Spared from Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">Nevertheless,</a> <a href="/hebrew/296.htm" title="296: ’ă·ḥî·qām (N-proper-ms) -- My brother has arisen, an Isr. From 'ach and quwm; brother of rising; Achikam, an Israelite.">Ahikam</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/8227.htm" title="8227: šā·p̄ān (N-proper-ms) -- A species of rockrabbit, the hyrax. From saphan; a species of rock-rabbit, i.e. Probably the hyrax.">of Shaphan</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">supported</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: yir·mə·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">Jeremiah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">so he was not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: têṯ- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">handed over to</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ḇə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: la·hă·mî·ṯōw (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">to be put to death.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-34.htm">Acts 5:34-39</a></span><br />But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time. / “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men. / Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/23-9.htm">Acts 23:9</a></span><br />A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm">Acts 18:12-17</a></span><br />While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. / “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said. / But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/25-25.htm">Acts 25:25</a></span><br />But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-31.htm">Acts 26:31-32</a></span><br />On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” / And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-30.htm">Acts 19:30-31</a></span><br />Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him. / Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-30.htm">Acts 21:30-36</a></span><br />The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. / While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil. / Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-24.htm">Acts 22:24-29</a></span><br />the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him. / But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?” / On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-23.htm">Acts 24:23</a></span><br />He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-3.htm">Acts 27:3</a></span><br />The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">2 Timothy 4:16-17</a></span><br />At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. / But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-1.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a></span><br />The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-7.htm">Proverbs 16:7</a></span><br />When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a></span><br />for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">1 Kings 19:18</a></span><br />Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Ahikam.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">Jeremiah 39:14</a></b></br> Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Jeremiah 40:5-7</a></b></br> Now while he was not yet gone back, <i>he said</i>, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/22-12.htm">2 Kings 22:12-14</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Jeremiah 1:18,19</a></b></br> For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15-21</a></b></br> O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a></b></br> For it was <i>so</i>, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm">Ahikam</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm">Ahi'kam</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-8.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-20.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm">Shaphan</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Supported</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">Ahikam</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">Ahi'kam</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-4.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-7.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-3.htm">Shaphan</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Supported</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-1.htm">Jeremiah by promises and threats exhorts to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">He is therefore apprehended,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">and arraigned.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-12.htm">His apology.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-16.htm">He is quit in judgment, by the example of Micah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-20.htm">and of Urijah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">and by the care of Ahikam.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/jeremiah/26.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Nevertheless</b><br />This word serves as a pivotal transition, indicating a contrast to the preceding events. In the context of <a href="/jeremiah/26.htm">Jeremiah 26</a>, the prophet faced severe opposition and threats of death due to his bold proclamation of God's message. The Hebrew root for "nevertheless" often conveys a sense of divine intervention or a turning point orchestrated by God. It reminds us that despite human plans, God's purposes prevail, offering hope and assurance that He is sovereign over all circumstances.<p><b>Ahikam son of Shaphan</b><br />Ahikam, whose name means "my brother has risen," was a significant figure in the court of King Josiah and later under King Jehoiakim. His father, Shaphan, was a scribe who played a crucial role in the discovery of the Book of the Law during Josiah's reign (<a href="/2_kings/22-8.htm">2 Kings 22:8-14</a>). The mention of Ahikam highlights the importance of godly heritage and influence. Ahikam's support for Jeremiah reflects the continuation of his family's commitment to God's word and justice, serving as a reminder of the impact of righteous leadership and legacy.<p><b>supported Jeremiah</b><br />The Hebrew term used here implies a strong, protective support, akin to a pillar or foundation. Ahikam's support was not merely passive but active and decisive, ensuring Jeremiah's safety. This phrase underscores the importance of standing firm in faith and action, especially when God's messengers face persecution. It inspires believers to be courageous advocates for truth, providing protection and encouragement to those who speak God's word.<p><b>so he was not handed over</b><br />This phrase indicates a deliberate act of intervention. The potential handing over of Jeremiah to the people symbolizes the threat of mob justice and the dangers faced by prophets who challenged the status quo. The historical context reveals a time of political and spiritual turmoil in Judah, where true prophets often faced hostility. This intervention by Ahikam serves as a testament to God's providence, ensuring that His purposes for Jeremiah's ministry were fulfilled.<p><b>to the people</b><br />The "people" here refers to the general populace of Judah, who were incited against Jeremiah due to his prophecies of impending judgment. This highlights the tension between the prophetic message and popular opinion. In a broader scriptural context, it reflects the recurring theme of God's prophets standing against the tide of public sentiment, calling for repentance and faithfulness to God.<p><b>to be put to death</b><br />The threat of death was a real and present danger for Jeremiah, as it was for many prophets who faithfully delivered God's messages. This phrase emphasizes the cost of discipleship and the reality of persecution for those who stand for truth. Historically, prophets often faced martyrdom, yet their faithfulness laid the groundwork for God's redemptive plan. It serves as an inspiration for believers to remain steadfast, trusting in God's ultimate justice and deliverance.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam . . .</span>--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 generations of Jewish patriotism. Shaphan, the father, was prominent as a scribe in the reformation of Josiah (cir. A.D. 624). He superintended the restoration of the Temple (<a href="/2_chronicles/34-8.htm" title="Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.">2Chronicles 34:8</a>). To him Hilkiah the priest gave the book of the Law which had been found in the house of the Lord, and Shaphan took it to the king. He took his son Ahikam with him when he was sent to consult the prophetess Huldah (<a href="/2_kings/22-12.htm" title="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,">2Kings 22:12</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm" title="And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,">2Chronicles 34:20</a>). Here the son meets us, true to the early lessons of his life, as the protector of the prophet, whose work rested so largely on the impression made by the Book of the Law thus discovered. A brother of Ahikam, Gemariah, appears in a like character in <a href="/jeremiah/36-12.htm" title="Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, see, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.">Jeremiah 36:12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/36-25.htm" title="Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.">Jeremiah 36:25</a>. After the conquest of the land by Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah finds refuge with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam (<a href="/jeremiah/40-6.htm" title="Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelled with him among the people that were left in the land.">Jeremiah 40:6</a>), who had been made, apparently through the prophet's influence, satrap, or governor, of the lands under the Chaldaean king; and he, after a fruitless warning, falls a victim to the conspiracy of the princes of the royal house (<a href="/context/jeremiah/41-1.htm" title="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 to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.">Jeremiah 41:1-2</a>). Here stress is laid on the fact of Ahikam's protection, as showing how it was that Jeremiah escaped the fate which fell on Urijah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Nevertheless</span> the hand of Ahi-kant, etc.; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> in spite of the prepossession against prophets like Jeremiah which this incident reveals, Ahikam threw all his influence into the scale of toleration.' The same Ahikam is mentioned in circumstances which reflect credit on his religion in <a href="/2_kings/22-12.htm">2 Kings 22:12-14</a>. One of his sons, Gemariah, lent Baruch his official room for the reading of the prophecies of Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/36-10.htm">Jeremiah 36:10</a>); another was the well-known Gedaliah, who became governor of Judah after the fall of Jerusalem, and who was himself friendly to Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">Jeremiah 39:14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Jeremiah 40:5</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Nevertheless,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֗ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ahikam</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחִיקָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥî·qām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_296.htm">Strong's 296: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ahikam -- 'my brother has arisen', an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Shaphan</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁפָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(šā·p̄ān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8227.htm">Strong's 8227: </a> </span><span class="str2">A species of rockrabbit, the hyrax</span><br /><br /><span class="word">supported</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֚ד</span> <span class="translit">(yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jeremiah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yir·mə·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so he was not</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבִלְתִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">handed over to</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּת־</span> <span class="translit">(têṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be put to death.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(la·hă·mî·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Jeremiah 26:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 26:24 But the hand of Ahikam the son (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 26:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 26:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>