She said to them

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her. Then she said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read— 2 Kings 22.14-16

I find the women of the Bible another interesting study. We are used to the fact of male leaders in the church. As hard as it is to accept in today’s culture when women function is every capacity as men, and do well doing it, church leadership is Biblically the role of men.

But women play a vital role all throughout the word of God. Here we gave another special woman. Her name is Huldah and she was a prophetess. I am not sure why there went to Hulda, but she must have had a reputation as a woman of God. They must have known that she could help. Maybe there were no faithful men that they could trust.

Either way, these men sought out the woman Huldah. I think we can get so focused on the men of God that we can the great women of God who have stood out through history. When Apollos needed instruction in he word of God Priscilla teamed with her husband Aquilla to teach Apollos.

Though women may not pastor our churches we are foolish to ignore the spiritual counsel of women in the church. Some of the godliest and greatest Bible scholars I know are women. Remember that it was Timothy’s mother and grandmother who taught him the gospel truths.

So thank God today for the faithful women of God who have taught his word to theirs through the centuries.