Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,.... The high priest, as he is called, 2 Kings 22:4.

and Ahikam the son of Shaphan; whether the same with Shaphan the scribe, before mentioned, or another of the same name, is not certain:

and Achbor the son of Michaiah; who is called Abdon, the son of Micah, 2 Chronicles 34:20.

and Shaphan the scribe; who brought and read the book to the king:

and Asahiah, a servant of the king's; that waited on him constantly:

saying; as follows.

John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 22:12 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,

Ver. 12. And Achbor the son of Michaiah.] Called Abdon the son of Micah, [2 Chronicles 34:20] by a different pronunciation.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A servant of the king’s, who most constantly waited upon the king’s person; otherwise all of them were the king’s servants.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

THE ORACLE OF HULDAH THE PROPHETESS, 2 Kings 22:12-20.

12.Hilkiah’ Ahikam’ Achbor’ Shaphan’ Asahiah — A truly honourable and imposing delegation, and indicative of the king’s profound earnestness and anxiety. Here was first the high priest: then Ahikam, who afterwards appears as the friend of Jeremiah, and father of the governor of the cities of Judah; (Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 40:5;) then Achbor, whose eminence in the kingdom is shown further by the fact that his son Elnathan was one of Zedekiah’s chief ministers; (Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12;) then Shaphan, the scribe, who must now have been an old and venerable man to have a son so eminent in the kingdom as Ahikam; and, lastly, a servant of the king’s named Asahiah, who seems, from his association with the other deputies, to have been some honourable officer.

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ahikara. The friend of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24) and father of Gedaliah (Compare 2 Kings 25:22. Jeremiah 39:14, Jeremiah 40:5). See note on "Shaphan" (2 Kings 22:3).

Achbor. Not the same person as Abdon, in 2 Chronicles 34:20.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(12) And the king commanded . . .—Comp. the similar embassy to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2).

As to Ahikam see Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 40:5; and for Achbor, Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12.

Asahiah a servant of the king’s.—Probably the same officer as “the knight” or aide-de-camp who attended on the king (2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 9:25.)

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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,

the king

19:2,3; 2 Chronicles 34:19-21; Isaiah 37:1-4

Ahikam

9; Jeremiah 26:22,24

Achbor

2 Chronicles 34:20

Abdon

Michaiah. or, Micah.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:10 - the king's;  2 Kings 25:22 - Ahikam;  1 Chronicles 6:13 - Hilkiah;  2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan;  Psalm 11:3 - what;  Isaiah 37:2 - General;  Jeremiah 29:3 - Gemariah;  Jeremiah 36:11 - Shaphan;  Jeremiah 36:12 - Elnathan;  Jeremiah 40:5 - Ahikam;  Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan