2 Chronicles 34:23
New International Version
She said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

New Living Translation
She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,

English Standard Version
And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

Berean Standard Bible
And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

King James Bible
And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

New King James Version
Then she answered them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,

New American Standard Bible
Then she said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,

NASB 1995
She said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,

NASB 1977
And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,

Legacy Standard Bible
And she said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Say to the man who sent you to Me,

Amplified Bible
And she answered them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

Christian Standard Bible
She said to them, “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to me,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to Me,

American Standard Version
And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she said to them: “Thus says The Lord of Lords of Israel, say to the man who sent you to me:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she said to them, Thus has the Lord God of Israel said, Tell the man who sent you to me,

Contemporary English Version
she said: You were sent here by King Josiah, and this is what the LORD God of Israel says to him:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she answered them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me:

English Revised Version
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: tell ye the man that sent you unto me,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She told them, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

Good News Translation
and she told them to go back to the king and give him

International Standard Version
In response, she replied: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'Tell the man who sent you to me,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And she said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me:

Literal Standard Version
And she says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Say to the man who has sent you to me,

Majority Standard Bible
And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

New American Bible
and she said to them: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Say to the man who sent you to me,

NET Bible
and she said to them: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'Say this to the man who sent you to me:

New Revised Standard Version
She declared to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me,

New Heart English Bible
She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Tell the man who sent you to me,

Webster's Bible Translation
And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me.

World English Bible
She said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith to them, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,

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Context
Huldah's Prophecy
22So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. 23And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you 24that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:22
So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

2 Chronicles 34:24
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,


Treasury of Scripture

And she answered them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell you the man that sent you to me,

Tell ye the man

2 Kings 22:15-20
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, …

Jeremiah 21:3-7
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: …

Jeremiah 37:7-10
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land…

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2 Chronicles 34
1. Josiah's good reign
3. He destroys idolatry
8. He takes order for the repair of the temple
14. Hilkiah, having found a book of the law,
21. Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord
23. Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time
29. Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God














Verse 23. - The oracular answer of Huldah, contained in this and the following five verses, is very closely paralleled by the six verses of 2 Kings 22:15-20.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And [Huldah] said
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to them,
לָהֶ֔ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

“This is what
כֹּה־ (kōh-)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

says:
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Tell
אִמְר֣וּ (’im·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the man
לָאִ֔ישׁ (lā·’îš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

sent
שָׁלַ֥ח (šā·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

you
אֶתְכֶ֖ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 34:23 She said to them Thus says Yahweh (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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