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Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's [queen mother's] name was Athaliah (Hebr. Ataljaho), daughter of Omri, king of Israel.
When Athaliah (Hebr. Ataljaho), the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed (killed) the whole royal family (all the royal seed).
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram [another name for Jehoram, see ], the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash [also called Jehoash], Ahaziah's son, and took him away from the king's sons who were slain, him and his nurse, and hid them in the bedchamber, and they were hidden from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
And he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord (Yahweh) for six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and the people, she came to the people in the house of the Lord (Yahweh).
And she looked, and behold, the king stood on the platform, as was the custom, and the leaders and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason, treason!"
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, and they struck Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.
Ahaziah was 22 [42] years old when he becameking, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother [the queen mother] was named Athaliah (Hebr. Ataljaho), the daughter of Omri [the 6th king of the Northern Kingdom].
[The Hebrew text says 42 years, but the Greek translation and several others say 22 years, as in the parallel passage in .]
When Athaliah (Hebr. Ataljaho), the mother of Ahaziah [the queen mother], saw that her son was dead, she rose up and spoke against [killed] the entire royal family of Judah. [In , the word avad (destroyed, killed) is used. The Greek translation has "killed," while the Hebrew text has davar, which means "to pronounce judgment/death" on all male offspring in the house of Judah.]
But just as the royal children were about to be killed, the king's daughter Joshabath secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, away from the royal sons and brought him and his nurse into the bedroom. There, Joshabath, the daughter of King Joram and wife of the priest Jehoiada—who was also Ahaziah's sister—hid him from Athaliah so that she would not kill him.
Then he stayed with them in the house of God, where he was hidden for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
When Athaliah heard the people shouting as they rushed forward and acclaimed the king, she went into the house of the Lord (Yahweh) to the people.
She looked around, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar near the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their instruments were leading the song of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Conspiracy! Conspiracy!"
All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm. And they had killed Athaliah with the sword.
The wicked sons of Athaliah have broken down the house of God. They have used everything that was consecrated to the house of the Lord (Yahweh) for the Baals."
