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. 5 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 6 district.) They stated their business, 7
1 tn Or “inquire of.”
2 tn Heb “concerning.”
3 tn Heb “for great is the anger of the
4 tn Heb “by doing all that is written concerning us.” Perhaps עָלֵינוּ (’alenu), “concerning us,” should be altered to עָלָיו (’alav), “upon it,” in which case one could translate, “by doing all that is written in it.”
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.”