2Ki 11:2 | TNotes | STEP | 11:2 Jehosheba was probably born to Jehoram by a wife other than Athaliah and was therefore Ahaziah’s half-sister (cp. Josephus, Antiquities 9.7.1). • The infant Joash was born to Zibiah of Beersheba (2 Chr 24:1 ), perhaps a lesser wife of Ahaziah. The baby’s birth might therefore have escaped Athaliah’s notice.

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‏ 2 Kings 11:2

11:2 ^a Jehosheba was probably born to Jehoram by a wife other than Athaliah and was therefore Ahaziah’s half-sister (cp. Josephus, Antiquities 9.7.1).

• The infant Joash was born to Zibiah of Beersheba (2 Chr 24:1 ^b), perhaps a lesser wife of Ahaziah. The baby’s birth might therefore have escaped Athaliah’s notice.