RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Huldah

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Huldah (Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה Ḥuldā) is a prophetess mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 22:14–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:22–28. After the discovery of a book of the Law during renovations at Solomon's Temple, on the order of King Josiah, Hilkiah together with Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan and Asaiah approach her to seek the Lord's opinion. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath (also called Tikvah), son of Harhas (also called Hasrah), keeper of the wardrobe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huldah has received more than 464,419 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Huldah is the 1,596th most popular religious figure (up from 1,698th in 2019).

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Huldah ranks 1,596 out of 3,187. Before her are Lanfranc, Aga Khan II, Kirill of Turov, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Saint Alban, and Mauro Piacenza. After her are Reginald Lee, Antipope Dioscorus, Muhammad al-Sadr, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Gregory III Laham, and Ushpia.

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