One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Shaphan. Every Shaphan in the Bible
- verses
- 23
- first named
- 2 Kings 22:3
- last named
- Jeremiah 41:2
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Shaphan?
Shaphan, mentioned in 2Kings 22, 25.22, 2Chronicles 34, and several passages in Jeremiah, was a scribe who served during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. He was the son of Azaliah and the father of Ahikam, Elasah, and Gemariah. Shaphan played a key role in the religious reforms initiated by Josiah. When the high priest Hilkiah discovered the Book of the Law in the temple, he gave it to Shaphan, who then read it to the king. This event led to a nationwide renewal of the covenant and the implementation of reforms to purge idolatry from Judah. Shaphan's sons, particularly Ahikam, continued to serve in important positions during the reigns of subsequent kings. During the Babylonian invasion and the fall of Jerusalem, Shaphan's family members were involved in various events, such as the release of Jeremiah from prison and the appointment of Gedaliah as governor over the remnant of Judah. The multiple references to Shaphan and his descendants highlight their significance in the religious and political affairs of Judah during this tumultuous period.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 19 are drawn. All 19 are listed below.
Child of
Father of
Parent of
Took part in
- Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, Asaiah, and Huldah’s going and speaking of Visitors2 Kings 22:14
- Hilkiah’s giving — first named at 2 Chronicles 34:152 Chronicles 34:152 Chronicles 34:18
- Hilkiah’s giving — first named at 2 Kings 22:82 Kings 22:82 Kings 22:10
- Shaphan, Maaseiah, Joah, and Servants’ putting of Money2 Chronicles 34:10
- Shaphan’s reporting2 Kings 22:9
Stands in the same events as
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 23, across 3 books. The name is written 29 times in them.
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