Men just när kungabarnen skulle dödas, tog Joseba, som var dotter till kung Joram och syster till Ahasja, och gömde undan Joas, Ahasjas son, och förde honom tillsammans med hans amma i hemlighet in i sovkammaren. Där höll man honom gömd för Atalja så att han inte blev dödad.

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But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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But Jehosheba, King Jehoram’s[a] daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly took Ahaziah’s son Jehoash[b] from the rest of the royal children who were about to be murdered and hid[c] him in a bedroom along with his nurse. In this way Jehoash was hidden from Athaliah and wasn’t murdered.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:2 Heb Joram; the king’s name is usually spelled in its long form Jehoram (cf 2 Chron 22:11).
  2. 2 Kings 11:2 Heb Joash; the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoash or short Joash form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.
  3. 2 Kings 11:2 See 2 Chron 22:11; Heb lacks hid.