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Shaphan

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Shaphan (shā`făn), in the Bible.

1 Trusted secretary of King Josiah. He was the father of friends of Jeremiah and grandfather of Gedaliah.

2 Father of the idolatrous Jaazaniah.



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2 Kings 22 reports that Shaphan read the scroll (the Book of Deuteronomy) to Josiah and that the king rent his clothes in repentance in response to the scroll (qr').
On scroll-making in ancient Jerusalem by Brueggemann, Walter / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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