34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 3 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 4 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 5 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 6 district.) They stated their business, 7
1 tn Heb “men from.”
2 tn Heb “arose against.”
3 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
4 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
5 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
6 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
7 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”