2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ¹  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ²  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ³  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁴  district.) They stated their business, ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁶  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

[34:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ² tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ³ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ⁴ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”

[26:21]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.