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

Ahikam, a brother who raises up or avenges