Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 22:15
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
15. Tell [R.V. adds ye ] the man that sent you to [R.V. unto ] me ] At first she places king and people all on one level and denounces the woes that shall surely come upon the nation for their sins, on all alike.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
15-20. she said unto them, Thussaith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to meOnbeing consulted, she delivered an oracular response in which judgmentwas blended with mercy; for it announced the impending calamitiesthat at no distant period were to overtake the city and itsinhabitants. But at the same time the king was consoled with anassurance that this season of punishment and sorrow should not beduring his lifetime, on account of the faith, penitence, and piouszeal for the divine glory and worship which, in his public capacityand with his royal influence, he had displayed.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And she said unto them,…. The king’s messengers:
thus saith the Lord God of Israel; being immediately inspired by him, she spake in his name, as prophets did:
tell the man that sent you to me; which may seem somewhat rude and unmannerly to say of a king; but when it is considered she spake not of herself, but representing the King of kings and Lord of lords, it will be seen and judged of in another light.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The reply of Huldah the prophetess. – Huldah confirmed the fear expressed by Josiah, that the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Jerusalem and its inhabitants on account of their idolatry, and proclaimed first of all (2Ki 22:16, 2Ki 22:17), that the Lord would bring upon Jerusalem and its inhabitants all the punishments with which the rebellious and idolaters are threatened in the book of the law; and secondly (2Ki 22:18-20), to the king himself, that on account of his sincere repentance and humiliation in the sight of God, he would not live to see the predicted calamities, but would be gathered to his fathers in peace. The first part of her announcement applies “to the man who has sent you to me” (2Ki 22:15), the second “to the king of Judah, who has sent to inquire of the Lord” (2Ki 22:18). “The man” who had sent to her was indeed also the king; but Huldah intentionally made use of the general expression “the man,” etc., to indicate that the word announced to him applied not merely to the king, but to every one who would hearken to the word, whereas the second portion of her reply had reference to the king alone. , in 2Ki 22:16, 2Ki 22:19, and 2Ki 22:20, is Jerusalem as the capital of the kingdom. In 2Ki 22:16, is an explanatory apposition to . 2Ki 22:17. “With all the work of their hands,” i.e., with the idols which they have made for themselves (cf. 1Ki 16:7). The last clause in 2Ki 22:18, “the words which thou hast heard,” is not to be connected with the preceding one, “thus saith the Lord,” and or to be supplied; but it belongs to the following sentence, and is placed at the head absolutely: as for the words, which thou hast heart – because thy heart has become soft, i.e., in despair at the punishment with which the sinners are threatened (cf. Deu 20:3; Isa 7:4), and thou hast humbled thyself, when thou didst hear, etc.; therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, etc. , “that they (the city and inhabitants) may become a desolation and curse.” These words, which are often used by the prophets, but which are not found connected like this except in Jer 44:22, rest upon Lev 26 and Deut 28, and show that these passages had been read to the king out of the book of the law.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
15. Tell the man that sent you 2Ki 22:16-17 contain a prophecy of which every Israelite should be informed, and are communicated to the king as the representative of every man of his kingdom; 2Ki 22:18-20 are particularly for the king alone.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
Ver. 15. Tell the man. ] Kings had need to be told that they are but men. Remember that thou art but a man, said the boy to king Philip: and Agnosco me esse mortalem, I acknowledge myself a mortal, said Charles V, emperor. Huldah here speaketh from God, with whom there is no respect of persons.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 1:6, 2Ki 1:16, Jer 23:28
Reciprocal: 2Ch 34:23 – Tell ye the man Pro 31:26 – openeth Isa 37:6 – Thus shall Jer 42:9 – unto
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 22:15-16. Tell the man that sent you She uses no compliments. Even kings, though gods to us, are men to God, and shall be so dealt with: for with him there is no respect of persons. Thus saith the Lord, I will bring evil upon this place, &c. She lets him know, both what judgments God had in store for Judah and Jerusalem, and what mercy was laid up for him. Even all the words According to all the words, of the book All the plagues threatened in Deuteronomy 28., and in other places. The Scriptures must be fulfilled. They that will not be bound by the precept, shall be bound by the penalty. And God will be found no less terrible to the ungodly, than his word makes him to be. Take warning in time, O impenitent sinner! whosoever thou art.