2 Chronicles 34:20-22
New English Translation
20 The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah,[a] Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, 21 “Go, ask the Lord[b] for me and for those who remain in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s great fury has been ignited[c] against us, because our ancestors did not obey the word of the Lord by living[d] according to all that is written in this scroll.”
22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king[e] went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah,[f] the supervisor of the wardrobe.[g] (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh[h] district.) They stated their business,[i]
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- 2 Chronicles 34:20 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Achbor son of Micaiah.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 sn The implication is to seek a prophetic oracle.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 tc The MT reads נִתְּכָה (nittekah, “has gushed forth”) but the LXX implies נִצְתָה (nitsetah, “has been ignited”).
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 tn Heb “doing.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”
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