2 Chronicles 22:12
And they kept Joash hidden with them in God's Temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country.
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In The King James Version
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 27:5When troubles come he will protect me and keep me safe, hiding me in his house, as secure as if he'd placed me on a high rock.
Psalms 73:18For you send them on a slippery path; you throw them down to destruction.
Jeremiah 12:1Lord, when I complain to you, you always show yourself to be in the right. Even so I still want to present my case to you. Why is it that wicked people do so well? Why do those who are unfaithful to you live so comfortably?
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 22:11-12
Athaliah Usurps the Throne. ( b. c. 884.) 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him… Read the whole commentary →