(a brother who raises up), son of Shaphan the scribe, an influential officer at the court of Josiah, and one of the delegates sent by Hilkiah to consult Huldah (2 Kings 22:12-14). In the reign of Jehoiakim he successfully used his influence to protect the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24). He was the father of Gedaliah (see Gedaliah).