2 Chronicles 22:12
And it came to pass that he was with them, in the house of God, hidden six years,-while, Athaliah, was reigning over the land.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 27:5For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity,—He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high.
Psalms 73:18Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee,—Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee,—Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
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 →