A name from Scripture
Shaphan
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Meaning
Rock badger; Hyrax; Hidden one
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Kings
What it points to
Shaphan — the scribe who read God's Word to the king — launched a national reformation through the simple act of faithful reading. His family then protected prophets for generations, proving that one person's faithfulness multiplies across time.
Verses · King James Version
“And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.”
2 Kings 22:10
“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.”
Jeremiah 26:24