2 Kings 11:4
And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of LORD. And he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house o
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3And he was with her hidden in the house of LORD six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
Cross References
Genesis 50:25And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from here.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 8:18and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were chief ministers.
1 Kings 18:10As LORD thy God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek thee. And when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom and nation that they did not find thee.
2 Kings 11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between LORD and the king and the people, that they should be LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
2 Kings 12:7Then king Joash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the [other] priests, and said to them, Why do ye not repair the broken parts of the house? Now therefore take no [more] money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the br
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:2-4
The Death of Athaliah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 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. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. God had… Read the whole commentary →