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2 Kings 11:1-3
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2 Kings 11:1-3
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11 When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she killed all of his children, 2-3 except for his year-old son[a] Joash. Joash was rescued by his Aunt Jehosheba, who was a sister of King Ahaziah (for she was a daughter of King Jehoram, Ahaziah’s father). She stole him away from among the rest of the king’s children who were waiting to be slain and hid him and his nurse in a storeroom of the Temple. They lived there for six years while Athaliah reigned as queen.
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- 2 Kings 11:2 except for his year-old son, implied. storeroom of the Temple. This arrangement was practical because Jehosheba was the wife of Jehoiada the High Priest.
2 Kings 11:1-3
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2 Kings 11:1-3
New International Version
Athaliah and Joash(A)
11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[a] and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash(C) son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.(D) 3 He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the Lord for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
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- 2 Kings 11:2 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram
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