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2 Chronicles 34:22

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they spake to her to that effect.

KJV

And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Huldah the prophetess, the wife

The five men sent go to a woman, Huldah the prophetess, named with her husband, her lineage, her office as keeper of the wardrobe, and her address in Jerusalem, in the college, more personal detail than the chapter gives most of the men around her. Jeremiah's ministry had already begun by this year, and Chronicles does not explain why the king's men go to Huldah rather than to him; the text simply records the choice without comment. The oracle she gives is preserved in the Kings exposition of this same scene.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 2.22 · Written before 420.

proposed

It is written in the book of Days: "Hezekiah fell because his heart was lifted up." Certainly, no one but the ungodly will deny that Hezekiah was a just man. You may say, "He sinned in certain things, and, therefore, he ceased to be just." But Scripture does not say this. For he did not lose the title of just because he committed small sins, but he possessed the title of just because he performed many good deeds.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Huldah the prophetess - See on 2Ki 22:14 (note).

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּ֨לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּHilkiah

    chilkiyahuH2518 →34 times

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֣רand [those] whom

    vaasherH834 →5497 times

  • הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • חֻלְדָּ֨הHuldah

    chuldahH2468 →

  • הַנְּבִיאָ֜הthe prophetess

    haneviahH5031 →

  • אֵ֣שֶׁת׀[the] wife of

    ʾeshetH802 →781 times

  • שַׁלֻּ֣םShallum

    shalumH7967 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • תָּקְהַ֗תTokhath

    tokhatH8616 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חַסְרָה֙Hasrah

    chasrahH2641 →

  • שׁוֹמֵ֣ר[the] keeper of

    shomerH8104 →468 times

  • הַבְּגָדִ֔יםthe garments

    habegadimH899 →217 times

  • וְהִ֛יאand she

    vehi'H1931 →1879 times

  • יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת[was] dwelling

    yoshevetH3427 →1079 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • בַּמִּשְׁנֶ֑הin the second district

    bamishnehH4932 →35 times

  • וַיְדַבְּר֥וּand they spoke

    vaydaberuH1696 →1141 times

  • אֵלֶ֖יהָto her

    ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times

  • כָּזֹֽאת׃ סlike this

    kazotH2063 →603 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Luke 2:36There 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,3 worksExodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.3 works2 Kings 22:14So 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.3 worksLuke 1:41–45When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.2 worksActs 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.2 worksJudges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 34:9So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.2 worksJeremiah 22:11For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 150:4

      Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

    • 1 Samuel 18:6

      As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…

    • Psalms 149:3

      Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

    • Psalms 68:25

      The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

    • Judges 11:34

      And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

  • Through

    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,

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Judges 4:4

      Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 92:14

      In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 34 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Against the Pelagians 2.22 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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