Prophetess in Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah, wife of Shallum, the keeper of the wardrobe. When the book of the law was found in the house of the Lord and read to the king, Josiah sent the priest Hilkiah and his officials to inquire of the Lord, and they went to her. She confirmed that the disaster written in the book would come on that place and its people, and gave a word for Josiah himself: because his heart was tender and he had humbled himself, he would be gathered to his grave in peace and would not see it. The king's reform follows her answer.
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CounseledJosiahKing whose officials came to her for the word of the Lord
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2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.2 Kings 22:14, KJV
2 Kings 22:16
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:2 Kings 22:16, KJV
2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.2 Kings 22:19, KJV
2 Kings 22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.2 Kings 22:20, KJV
2 Chronicles 34:22
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.2 Chronicles 34:22, KJV
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