2 Chronicles 34:23
in 2 Chronicles 34And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
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ASV
And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,
KJV
And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Tell ye the man that sent you
on 2 Chronicles 34:23-28
Huldah answers as a prophet, the messenger formula thus saith the Lord opening both halves of her word, first the doom against the place and then the personal word to the king himself. The two halves are not in tension: the nation's judgment for generations of forsaking the Lord stands, and Josiah's own tender heart, his humbling, his torn clothes and his tears, earn him a personal mercy inside that same judgment, to be gathered to his grave in peace before the evil falls. Spurgeon preached this pairing as a man's own repentance heard inside a sentence already determined for others.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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 words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to them | ||
| כֹּה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אִמְר֣וּ | ʾimru | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לָאִ֔ישׁ | laish | to the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלַ֥ח | shalach | he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֵלָֽי׃ ס | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
לָהֶ֔םto them
lahem
כֹּה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אִמְר֣וּsay
ʾimruH559 →5305 times
לָאִ֔ישׁto the man
laishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁלַ֥חhe sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
אֵלָֽי׃ סto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 748, Self-Humbling; Jerome, Against the Pelagians 2.22 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.