They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah,<n id="1" /> where he<n id="2" /> passed sentence on him.

His servants approached and said to him, &#8220;O master,<n id="1" /> if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task,<n id="2" /> you would have been willing to do it.<n id="3" /> It seems you should be happy that he simply said, &#8220;Wash and you will be healed.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">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.<n id="1" /> (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh<n id="2" /> district.) They stated their business,<n id="3" />