The unexpected discovery of the Torah scroll sends shockwaves through the Kingdom of Judah, awakening a deep fear of an impending national crisis. Shaken by the contents of the newly found text, the king grasps the sheer magnitude of the danger and immediately dispatches his messengers on an urgent mission to seek divine guidance and salvation. He commands them to inquire of God, instructing them to approach the prophets to find a way to pray, plead, and determine the proper course of action [ביאור שטיינזלץ, מצודת דוד].
The king's urgent request is initially focused on himself. This deeply personal concern stems from a chilling detail: the scroll happened to open exactly to a harsh warning that God would drive both the nation and its king into exile. Realizing that the divine decree targets him directly [רש״י], the king views the scroll opening to this very page as a dark omen of what is to come [מצודת דוד].
Tasked with this heavy burden, the messengers seek out Huldah the prophetess rather than Jeremiah, who was the leading prophet of the era. This choice was possible either because Huldah was a relative of Jeremiah, who therefore did not object to her stepping into this role, or because the messengers simply conveyed the king's request in a straightforward manner that did not offend Jeremiah's honor. Consequently, Huldah, who resided in Jerusalem and led her own study hall, was able to deliver God's word to them [חומת אנך].
The message they seek addresses the burning anger of God regarding the words of the scroll [רד״ק]. This divine wrath is described as a fierce, consuming fire ignited against the people [מצודת ציון, רלב״ג, רד״ק, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. The king recognizes the need to fulfill all that is written concerning the nation, a realization that carries two layers of meaning. On one level, it reflects the harsh reality that God's anger burns to execute all the curses detailed in the scroll, serving as a punishment for the ancestors' failure to follow the commandments [מצודת דוד, מלבי״ם]. On a deeper level, it suggests a profound spiritual truth: the words of the Torah, though written in ink on a physical scroll, must ultimately be engraved upon the heart and soul of every individual [מלבי״ם].