2 Chronicles 22:12

He was with them, hidden in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

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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

11But Jehosheba, + 22:11 Jehosheba may be spelled Jehoshaba in some versions. a daughter of the king, secretly took Joash son of Ahaziah away from the king's sons who were about to be killed. She put him and his nurse into a bedroom. So Jehosheba, a daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that Athaliah did not kill him.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his shelter; 1 in the cover of his tent he will conceal me. 1 He will lift me high on a rock! 1

Psalms 73:18Surely you put them in slippery places; 1 you bring them down to ruin. 1

Jeremiah 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, whenever I bring disputes to you. 1 I must certainly tell you of my reason to complain: Why do the ways of the wicked succeed? All the faithless people are successful. 1

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 →

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