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1. ( 2 Kings 11:13-14) Joash, the rightful heir, is revealed to Athaliah. Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the escorts and the people, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD. When she looked, there was the king standing by a pillar according to custom; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king.
Athaliah seized power at the sudden death in battle of her son Ahaziah, who only reigned one year (2 Kings 8:26, 2 Kings 11:1). Athaliah killed all her son’s heirs, except for one who was hidden in the temple and escaped - one-year-old Joash (2 Kings 11:3).
Athaliah was a northern Israelite princess who married King Jehoram of Judah in the ninth century BCE. She was either the daughter of King Ahab of Israel (2Kgs 8:18) or the daughter of King Omri (2Kgs 8:26).
Apr 15, 2024 · Athaliah, a princess, married into the line of Judah and ruled after her husband died. In the Old Testament, the unified Israel broke into two kingdoms after Solomon. Judah retained the line of David, and the kingdom of Israel continued with several different royal families.
Mar 19, 2024 · 2 Kings 11 Short Summary: In 2 Kings 11, the evil queen Athaliah murders the royal family of Judah and seizes power for herself. But unknown to her, one of the heirs to the throne survives, a young baby named Joash.
ATHALIAH ăth’ əlī’ ə ( עֲתַלְיָה׃֙, The Lord Yahweh is great ). 1. The wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, and daughter of Ahab, king of Israel, and granddaughter of Omri ( 2 Kings 8:18, 26; 2 Chron 22:2 ). She reigned from 841-835 b.c.
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