2 Kings 11:1
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
2 But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
3 And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
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- BSB
- When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- KJV
- And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- WEB
- Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
- ASV
- Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- DARBY
- And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and destroyed all the royal seed.
- BLB
- And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
- ÅB
- Da Akasjas mor Atalja fikk vite at hennes sønn var død, tok hun seg for å utrydde hele den kongelige slekt.
- OTB
- Da Atalja, mor til Akasja, skjønte at sønnen hennes var død, stod hun opp og ødela alle de kongelige etterkommerne.
- B1930
- Da Akasjas mor Atalja fikk vite at hennes sønn var død, tok hun sig for å utrydde hele den kongelige ætt.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 41:1
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
Read in context2 Kings 25:25
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Read in context2 Chronicles 22:10–12
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
Read in contextMatthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:7
For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
Read in context2 Kings 9:27
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
Read in context2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
Read in contextMatthew 21:38–39
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
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