2 Kings 22:16

16 ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.

2 Kings 22:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:16

Thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants of it
Destruction to the place, and captivity to the inhabitants of it:

even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read;
particularly what is contained in ( Leviticus 26:14-45 ) ( Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ) , even all the curses in it, as in ( 2 Chronicles 34:24 ) .

2 Kings 22:16 In-Context

14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the New Quarter of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.

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

16 ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.

17 For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

18 “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew this place; also in 22:19, 20 .