2 Kings 11:2

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jehosheba	יְהוֹשֶׁ֣בַע ye.ho.She.va'	H3089	Jehosheba · proper noun, a woman's name
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ha.Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Joram	י֠וֹרָם Yo.rom	H3141	Joram · proper noun, a man's name
sister	אֲח֨וֹת 'a.Chot	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֜הוּ 'a.chaz.Ya.hu	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
took	וַתִּקַּ֣ח va.ti.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Joash	יוֹאָ֣שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֗ה 'a.chaz.Yah	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
stole	וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב va.tig.No	H1589	to thieve (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
among	מִתּ֤וֹךְ mi.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
king’s	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sons	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
slain	הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים ha.ma.mo.tim	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · definite article + verb, hophal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
hid	וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ vai.yas.Ti.ru	H5641	to hide (by covering) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
nurse	מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ mei.nik.To	H3243	to suck · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
bedchamber	בַּחֲדַ֣ר ba.cha.Dar	H2315	an apartment (usually literal) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
from	מִפְּנֵ֥י mi.pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Athaliah	עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ 'a.tal.Ya.hu	H6271	Athaljah · proper noun, a woman's name
slain	הוּמָֽת hu.Mat	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 Kings 6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of…
1 Kings 6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
2 Kings 8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of…
2 Kings 8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Kings 11:21-12:2 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Chronicles 22:11 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…
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 7:6-7 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:1-3

God had assured David of the continuance of his family, which is called his ordaining a lamp for his anointed; and this cannot but appear a great thing, now that we have read of the utter extirpation of so many royal families, one after another. Now here we have David's promised lamp almost extinguished and yet wonderfully preserved. I. It was almost extinguished by the barbarous malice of Athaliah, the queen-mother, who, when she heard that her son Ahaziah was slain by Jehu, arose and destroyed all the seed-royal (Kg2 11:1), all that she knew to be akin to the crown. Her husband Jehoram had slain all his brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Ch2 21:4. The Arabians had slain all Jehoram's sons e…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:2

Jehosheba--or Jehoshabeath (Ch2 22:11). daughter of King Joram--not by Athaliah, but by a secondary wife. stole him from among the king's sons which were slain--either from among the corpses, he being considered dead, or out of the palace nursery. hid him . . . in the bedchamber--for the use of the priests, which was in some part of the temple (Kg2 11:3), and of which Jehoiada and his wife had the sole charge. What is called, however, the bedchamber in the East is not the kind of apartment that we understand by the name, but a small closet, into which are flung during the day the mattresses and other bedding materials spread on the floors or divans of the sitting-rooms by day. Such a s…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:2

Daughter of - Joram, sister of Ahaziah - It is not likely that Jehosheba was the daughter of Athaliah; she was sister, we find, to Ahaziah the son of Athaliah, but probably by a different mother. The mother of Jehoash was Zibiah of Beer-sheba; see Kg2 12:1.

John Gill on 2 Kings 11:2

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram,.... Not by Athaliah, but another woman; for an high priest, as her husband was, would not have married the daughter of such an idolatrous woman, nor would she have married her to him: sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain: among whom he lay; either being cast there by the murderer, or her associates, supposed to be dead, or by his nurse, that he might be thought to be so, who acquainting his aunt with it, went and privately took him away: and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain; that is, Jehosheba and her husband hid hi…

Dictionary and topics

Athaliah — Whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” (2 Chr. 21:6), called “daughter” of Omri…
Bed-chamber — An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general arrangement of the…
Jehoiada — Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married…
Jehosheba — Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2…
Joash — Whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of…
Nurse — In ancient times the position of the nurse, wherever one was maintained, was one of much honor sad importance. See (Genesis 24:59; 36:8; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 11:2) The same term is applied to a…
Athaliah · 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of — 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of
Fatherless · Exemplified: Joash — Exemplified: Joash
Jehosheba · Daughter of Joram — Daughter of Joram
Joash · for six years — for six years
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah (usurper) — Who reigned over Judah: Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah (usurper)

2 Kings 11:2

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:2

John Gill on 2 Kings 11:2

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2 Kings 11:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:2

John Gill on 2 Kings 11:2

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 11:2

Rashi on 2 Kings 11:2