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2 Kings 11:2
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Jehosheba's intervention during Athaliah's systematic elimination of the royal heirs. This action occurs within the house of the LORD while Athaliah holds political control.
The words — וַתּקח (va.ti.Kach) translates literally to "and she took," establishing the active concealment. יְהוֹשֶׁבַע (Yehosheva') is the proper name Jehosheba, identifying the royal sister who executes the rescue.
The thread — The physical location of the concealment aligns with the temple's architectural layout detailed in 1 Kings 6:8 and 1 Kings 6:10. The royal lineage involved traces directly to the reign of Joram documented in 2 Kings 8:16.
Why it lands — The text states a factual concealment that preserves a specific heir during a dynastic purge. It requires the reader to observe how institutional architecture functions as a mechanism for historical preservation without theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
- 1 Kings 6:10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
- 2 Kings 8:16 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 8:19 Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
- 2 Kings 11:21 Joash was seven years old when he became king.
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 7:6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
- Isaiah 37:35 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Isaiah 65:8 This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.