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2 Chronicles 22:10-12

King James Version (KJV)

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10. But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. 12. And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 22:10-12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 22:10

Theological / Devotional

When Athaliah saw. Verses 10-12 describe Athaliah’s seizure of the government. The parallel record is found in 2 Kings 11:1-3 (see comments there).

Destroyed. Heb. dabar, literally, “spoke,” which some have interpreted as “plotted against,” or “pronounced sentence.” More likely, with a number of Hebrew manuscripts, the LXX, the Syriac, the Targums, and Kings 11:1, we should read ’abad, “destroyed.”

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