20 Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [a]Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, 21 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for (A)the wrath of the Lord which has poured out on us is great, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with everything that is written in this book.”

Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks

22 So Hilkiah and those [b]whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of [c]Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:20 In 2 Kin 22:12, Achbor, son of Micaiah
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:22 As in LXX; MT who were the king’s men
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:22 In 2 Kin 22:14, Tikvah, son of Harhas

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