2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ²  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ³  Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:20

34:20 The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, ⁴  Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant,

2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ⁵  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ⁶  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ⁷  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁸  district.) They stated their business, ⁹ 

[34:9]  ¹ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

[34:9]  ² tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

[34:9]  ³ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”

[34:20]  ⁴ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Acbor son of Micaiah.”

[34:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ⁸ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”