13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me, the people, and all Judah about the instruction in this book that has been found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this book in order to do everything written about us.”(A)

Huldah’s Prophecy of Judgment

14 So(B) Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophetess(C) Huldah, wife of Shallum son of Tikvah,(D) son of Harhas,[a] keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second District.(E) They spoke with her.

15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘Say to the man who sent you to Me:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:14 = Hasrah in 2Ch 34:22

13 “Go and inquire(A) of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger(B) that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet(C) Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

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