2 Kings 22:14

22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. ¹  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ²  district.) They stated their business, ³ 

2 Kings 25:25

25:25 But in the seventh month ⁴  Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, ⁵  came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, ⁶  as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[22:14]  ² tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “and they spoke to her.”

[25:25]  ⁴ sn It is not altogether clear whether this is in the same year that Jerusalem fell or not. The wall was breached in the fourth month (= early July; Jer 39:2) and Nebuzaradan came and burned the palace, the temple, and many of the houses and tore down the wall in the fifth month (= early August; Jer 52:12). That would have left time between the fifth month and the seventh month (October) to gather in the harvest of grapes, dates and figs, and olives (Jer 40:12). However, many commentators feel that too much activity takes place in too short a time for this to have been in the same year and posit that it happened the following year or even five years later when a further deportation took place, possibly in retaliation for the murder of Gedaliah and the Babylonian garrison at Mizpah (Jer 52:30). The assassination of Gedaliah had momentous consequences and was commemorated in one of the post exilic fast days lamenting the fall of Jerusalem (Zech 8:19).

[25:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “[was] from the seed of the kingdom.”

[25:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they struck down Gedaliah and he died.”