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2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hilkiah the priest, along with four court officials (Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah), travel to Huldah the prophetess in Jerusalem’s Second District to deliver the king’s inquiry about the newly discovered book.
The words — וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) = “and he went” and אֶל (el) = “to” frame the movement of the delegation toward the prophetic residence.
The thread — The delegation mirrors the parallel account in 2 Chronicles 34:22, while the identification of Huldah as a prophetess aligns with the biblical pattern of female prophets like Deborah (Judges 4:4) and Miriam (Exodus 15:20).
Why it lands — The text records the concrete steps of a royal inquiry without commentary, requiring the reader to observe how Judah’s leadership formally sought divine clarification before the nation’s collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
Cross-references
- Judges 4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- 2 Kings 10:22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
- Nehemiah 7:72 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
- Micah 6:4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- Zephaniah 1:10 On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- Luke 1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 2:36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
- Acts 21:9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.