8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David 1 to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 3 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 4 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 5 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 6 district.) They stated their business, 7
1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
2 sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
3 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
4 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
5 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
6 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
7 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”