2 Kings 11:4
And in the seventh year Joiada seat, and taking the centurions and the soldiers, brought them in to him into the temple of the Lord, and made a covenant with them: and taking an oath of them in the house of the Lord, shewed them the king's son:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he was with her six years hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.
5And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do:
Cross References
Genesis 50:25And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 8:18And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.
1 Kings 18:10As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee : and when all answered: He is not here: he took an oath of every kingdom and nation, because thou wast not found.
2 Kings 11:17And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the king, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and between the king and the people.
2 Kings 12:7And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order, but restore it for the repairing of the temple.
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 →