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 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. ⁶  They reasoned, ⁷  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

[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.”

[32:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

[32:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “land, saying.”