What Does 2 Kings 22:15 Mean in the King James?
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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 which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.THE THREAD
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto 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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