Her faith guided and encouraged the king.
Huldah, the Prophetess of Jerusalem “Did you hear the king’s words? He’s asked us to enquire of the Lord.” “Who will pray for us? Shall we consult Shallum’s wife, the prophetess, since the king’s warning is so alarming.” “Do you mean the wife of the wardrobe keeper?” “ Indeed. Huldah lives in the second quarter, near the temple wall.” In c.637 B.C., a young King Josiah of Judah swept idol worship from his kingdom. For generations, Judah and Israel had worshipped foreign gods. Two hundred years earlier, Athalia (the only queen to reign in Judah) had ordered her sons to remove the Lord’s sacred vessels from Solomon’s temple and dedicate them to Baal. Asherah poles and carved idols littered Jerusalem and the entire countryside. Idol worshippers believed Asherah was the wife of their god, and they erected poles in the temple in her honor. Josiah ascended the throne when he was eight. By his tw...