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  [[Text:EBD:Brother|Brother ]] of support = helper, one of the five whom [[Text:EBD:Josiah |Josiah]] sent to consult the prophetess [[Text:EBD:Huldah |Huldah]] in connection with the discovery of the [[Text:EBD:Book|book ]] of the [[Text:EBD:Law|law ]] (2 Kings 22:12-14; 2 Chr. 34:20). He was the son of [[Text:EBD:Shaphan|Shaphan]], the royal secretary, and the [[Text:EBD:Father|father ]] of [[Text:EBD:Gedaliah|Gedaliah]], [[Text:EBD:Governor|governor ]] of [[Text:EBD:Judea |Judea]] after the destruction of [[Text:EBD:Jerusalem|Jerusalem ]] by the [[Text:EBD:Babylon|Babylonians ]] (2 Kings 25:22; Jer. 40:5-16; 43:6). On one occasion he protected [[Text:EBD:Jeremiah|Jeremiah ]] against the [[Text:EBD:Fury|fury ]] of [[Text:EBD:Jehoiakim |Jehoiakim]] (Jer. 26:24). It was in the [[Text:EBD:Chamber|chamber ]] of another son (Germariah) of Shaphan that [[Text:EBD:Baruch|Baruch ]] read in the [[Text:EBD:Ear|ears ]] of all the people [[Text:EBD:Jeremiah|Jeremiah's ]] roll.