2 Kings 11:1

And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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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.

In Context

2And Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not slain.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.

2 Kings 8:26Twenty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Athaliah, daughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 12:1Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

2 Chronicles 22:10And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed royal in the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 41:1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah), saying,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:1

The revolution in the kingdom of Israel was soon perfected in Jehu's settlement; we must now enquire into the affairs of the kingdom of Judah, which lost its head (such as it was) at the same time, and by the same hand, as Israel lost its head; but things continued longer there in distraction than in Israel, yet, after some years, they were brought into a good posture, as we find in this chapter. I. Athaliah usurps the government and destroys all the seed-royal, ver. 1 . II. Joash, a child of a year old, is… Read the whole commentary →

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