Athaliah Usurps the Throne
1 When Athaliah, 11:1 2Ch 22:10 Ahaziah’s mother, 11:1 2Kg 8:26 saw that her son was dead, 11:1 2Kg 9:27 she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. 2 Jehosheba, 11:2 2Kg 11:21; 12:1 who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s 11:2 2Kg 8:25 sister, secretly rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from among the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed. 3 Joash was in hiding with her in the Lord’s temple six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.