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and for all Judah. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah". Compare 2Ch_34:21. 2Ch_6:4); Deborah (Jdg_4:4); Noadiah (Neh_6:14); Isaiah's wife (Isa_8:3); Anna (Luk_2:36); and Philip's daughters (Act_21:9).
the wife. Compare the usage (Jdg_4:4). The employment of a woman as prophet shows the degeneracy of the times, deplored by Isaiah (2Ki_9:15), denounced by Jeremiah (2Ki_5:7, 2Ki_5:8; 2Ki_14:14; 2Ki_23:14-30; 2Ki_37:19. Lam_2:14), and by Ezekiel (2Ki_13:2-23). Inferred also from Huldah's words (verses: 2Ki_22:15-18), and Jer_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 2Ch_34:22 and Zep_1:10,