- 王听见律法书上的话,便撕裂衣服,
- 吩咐祭司希勒家与沙番的儿子亚希甘,米该亚的儿子亚革波,书记沙番和王的臣仆亚撒雅,说,
- 你们去为我,为民,为犹大众人,以这书上的话求问耶和华。因为我们列祖没有听从这书上的言语,没有遵着书上所吩咐我们的去行,耶和华就向我们大发烈怒。
- 于是,祭司希勒家和亚希甘,亚革波,沙番,亚撒雅都去见女先知户勒大。户勒大是掌管礼服沙龙的妻。沙龙是哈珥哈斯的孙子,特瓦的儿子。户勒大住在耶路撒冷第二区。他们请问于她。
- 她对他们说,耶和华以色列的神如此说,你们可以回覆那差遣你们来见我的人说,
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- When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes.
- He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant:
- "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us."
- Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophetess Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
- She said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,
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