Huldah

AI summary: Huldah matters because the cross references place her at one of the most consequential moments of discernment in Judah's history. While king, priest, and officials respond to the rediscovered law, it is Huldah who interprets the crisis with clarity, combining judgment on Judah with mercy for Josiah's humbled response. Taken together, the material presents Huldah as a prophetess whose authoritative word helps shape the theology and urgency of Josiah's reform.¹

Weasel, a prophetess; the wife of Shallum. She was consulted regarding the “book of the law” discovered by the high priest Hilkiah (2 Kings 22:14-20; 2 Chr. 34:22-28). She resided in that part of Jerusalem called the Mishneh (A.V., “the college;” R.V., “the second quarter”), supposed by some to be the suburb between the inner and the outer wall, the second or lower city, Akra. Miriam (Ex. 15:20) and Deborah (Judg. 4:4) are the only others who bear the title of “prophetess,” for the word in Isa. 8:3 means only the prophet’s wife. ³