2 Kings 22:13

and for all Judah. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah". Compare 2 Chronicles 34:21 . 2 Chronicles 6:4 ); Deborah (Judges 4:4 ); Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14 ); Isaiah's wife (Isaiah 8:3 ); Anna (Luke 2:36 ); and Philip's daughters (Acts 21:9 ).

the wife. Compare the usage (Judges 4:4 ). The employment of a woman as prophet shows the degeneracy of the times, deplored by Isaiah (2 Kings 9:15 ), denounced by Jeremiah (2 Kings 5:7 , 2 Kings 5:8 ; 2 Kings 14:14 ; 2 Kings 23:14-30 ; 2Ki 37:19 . Lamentations 2:14 ), and by Ezekiel (2 Kings 13:2-23 ). Inferred also from Huldah's words (verses: 2 Kings 22:15-18 ), and Jeremiah 5:31 .

wardrobe: i.e. vestry, or vestments.

now. Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis.

in the college. Hebrew in the second. Some supply "part", or "city". Probably = "second gate [of the city]". Compare 2 Chronicles 34:22 and Zephaniah 1:10 ,