Athaliah Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 11

1 When a Athaliah b the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was c dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 2 But 1 Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of d Ahaziah, took 2 Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed. 3 So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 22:10
    Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:26
    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 9:27
    But when Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the road to Beth Haggan. So Jehu pursued him, and said, "Shoot him also in the chariot." And they shot him at the Ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. Then he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:25
    In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
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