A moment in scripture
2 Kings 11:1
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And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
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The surrounding passage
- 2 Kings 11:2
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.
- 2 Kings 11:3
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.