2 Kings 11:2-4
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2 Jehosheba was King Joram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister. Joash was one of the king’s sons. While the other children were being killed, Jehosheba took Joash and hid him. She put him and his nurse in her bedroom, so Jehosheba and the nurse hid Joash from Athaliah. That way Joash was not killed.
3 Then Joash and Jehosheba hid in the Lord’s Temple. Joash hid there for six years. During that time Athaliah ruled over the land of Judah.
4 In the seventh year Jehoiada the high priest sent for the captains of the Carites[a] and guards.[b] He brought them together in the Lord’s Temple and made an agreement with them. There in the Temple of the Lord he forced them to make a promise. Then he showed the king’s son to them.
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- 2 Kings 11:4 Carites Or “Kerethites,” special soldiers hired to serve the king.
- 2 Kings 11:4 guards Literally, “runners” or “messengers.”
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