2 Tawarikh 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ¹  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ²  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ³  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁴  district.) They stated their business, ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ⁶  their young men in their temple. ⁷  He did not spare ⁸  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ⁹  handed everyone over to him.

[34:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ² tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ³ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ⁴ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”

[36:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ⁸ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.