2 Kings 11:1-3
Athaliah Reigns in Judah
1 aNow when bAthaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took cJoash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put ▼▼Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put
him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she
hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death. 3And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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