Huldah

Gender: Female

Years: -642 - -624

Dictionary Text: Weasel, a prophetess; the wife of Shallum. She was consulted regarding the “book of the law” discovered by the high priest Hilkiah;. She resided in that part of Jerusalem called the Mishneh, supposed by some to be the suburb between the inner and the outer wall, the second or lower city, Akra. Miriam and Deborah are the only others who bear the title of “prophetess,” for the word in means only the prophet’s wife.

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Verses

• 2 Chronicles 34:22: And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
• 2 Kings 22:14: So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.