What Does 2 Kings 22:15 Mean?
And she said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Say to the man who sent you to me,
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And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,THE KEY
The one who sends the question is still the true destination of the answer.
THE MEANING
The person who sends a question is not outside the answer: the word returns through the messenger and names its destination. The authority rests in “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,” while the one carrying the message remains its channel. When you seek an answer through another voice, the message can still speak directly to you.
THE ROOT
שָׁלַח
shalach
GROWS FROM
שלח
To send or send forth; in some uses, to release or let go.
“sent” in this verse is shalach. The word for sending belongs to the same root that can express release: sending is setting something forth. Here the message returns along the path of sending, reaching the person who began the inquiry.
ALSO GROWS
shaliach: A person sent to carry a message or act on another’s behalf.
שָׁלִיחַ
The messengers carry the inquiry outward, then carry the answer back to the person who sent them.
Shiloach: The name of the pool whose waters are associated with being sent.
שִׁלֹחַ
In John 9:7, the sent waters become part of the movement through which sight is restored.
shallach: A command to send out or let go.
שַׁלַּח
In Exodus 5:1, the same root appears in “Let my people go,” joining the act of sending with release.
THE PATTERN
A person who sends someone to inquire becomes the direct recipient of the answer brought back.
But to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD, so you shall say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, As for the words that you have heard;Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you. Look, I will pray for you to the LORD your God, according to your words, and whatever the LORD answers you, I will declare to you. I will hold back no word from you.At that very hour I sent to you; and you have done well in coming alongside. Now, then, we are all here before God, to hear all that has been commanded you by the Lord.THE THREAD
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told the Great House, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may dance a feast to me in the wilderness.The same phrase, “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,” introduces both messages. The Hebrew root in “sent” here is also the root behind “Let my people go”: the message sent to its hearer carries the language of release.
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