34:14 When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses. 34:15 Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.
34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 2 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 3 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 4 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 5 district.) They stated their business, 6
1 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Acbor son of Micaiah.”
2 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
3 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
4 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
5 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
6 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”
7 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
8 tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”
9 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
10 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.