2 Kings 11:1-3

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 11

The Rule of Athaliah. ¹ When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she killed all of the royal heirs. ² But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and secreted him away from the king’s sons who were being murdered. They hid him and his nurse from Athaliah in the bed chamber so that he might not die.

³ He was hidden with her for six years in the temple of the Lord, and Athaliah reigned over the land.