Huldah: A Voice Grounded in God's Truth
☕ Morning Encouragement
We live in a world filled with opinions, advice, and competing voices. Sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish what sounds convincing from what is actually true.
Huldah was a prophetess during King Josiah's reign. When the Book of the Law was discovered in the temple, the king sent representatives to inquire of the Lord.
They sought Huldah, who faithfully communicated God's message. Her story reminds us that spiritual wisdom is not determined by public recognition, but by faithfulness to God's truth.
📖 Going Deeper: The Word "Enquire"
The Hebrew word dāraš (דָּרַשׁ), translated "enquire" in 2 Kings 22:13, means to seek, investigate, or consult. It often describes intentionally seeking the Lord for guidance.
What the Original Audience Would Have Understood
In ancient Judah, prophets communicated God's messages to His people.
The discovery of the Law revealed how far the nation had departed from its covenant obligations.
Seeking the Lord was not merely about receiving comforting advice. It required confronting truth and responding with repentance.
Huldah's message confirmed the seriousness of Judah's disobedience while also acknowledging Josiah's humility before God.
❤️ Breakfast for the Soul
Before seeking another opinion, ask whether you have sought God's wisdom through Scripture and prayer. The most loving guidance is not always what we want to hear, but what brings us closer to God's truth.
🙏 Morning Prayer
Lord, give me wisdom to recognize Your truth in a world filled with competing voices. Help me approach Your Word with humility and respond with obedience. May my words encourage others to seek You faithfully. Amen.
📜 Scripture | 2 Kings 22:18–19 (KJV)
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings 22
The Book of the Law Found
22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the Lord— 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”
8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13 “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 those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”
14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.
15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b] and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’”
So they took her answer back to the king.
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