Bible Dictionary

Shaphan

A coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him by Hilkiah the priest (8-14). His grands…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

A coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him by Hilkiah the priest (8-14). His grandson Gedaliah was governor of Judea (25:22).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(coney), the scribe or secretary of King Josiah. ) He appears on an equality with the governor of the city and the royal recorder.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SHA'PHAN (coney), the scribe or secretary to King Josiah.