2 Kings 11:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ Then Joash and Jehosheba hid in the Lord’s temple. [133] Joash hid there for six years. And Athaliah ruled over the land of Judah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Joash was with his nurse hidden in the house of the Lord for six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

Common English Bible

³ He remained hidden with his nurse in the LORD’s temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he was with her for six years, hidden in the house of the Lord. But Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Kings 11:3 Cross References

2 Kings 11:2

Jehosheba was King Joram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister. Joash was one of the king’s sons. Jehosheba took Joash while the other children were being killed. Jehosheba hid Joash. She put Joash and his nurse in her bedroom. So Jehosheba and the nurse hid Joash from Athaliah. That way Joash was not killed.

2 Kings 11:4

In the seventh year, Jehoiada {the high priest} sent and got the captains of the Carites [134] and guards. [135] Jehoiada brought them together in the Lord’s temple. [136] Then Jehoiada made an agreement with them. In the temple Jehoiada forced them to make a promise. Then he showed the king’s son (Joash) to them.

2 Chronicles 22:12

Joash was hidden with the priests in God’s temple {\cf2\super [255]} for six years. During that time, Athaliah ruled over the land as queen.

Psalm 12:8

Those bad people act important,\par but really, they are like costume jewelry.\par It looks expensive,\par but it is really very cheap. {\cf2\super [69]} \par

Exodus 2:2

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The mother saw how beautiful the baby was, and she hid him for three months.

Malachi 3:15

We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do bad things to test God’s patience—and God does not punish them.”

Judges 9:5

Abimelech went to his father’s house at Ophrah. Abimelech murdered his brothers. Abimelech killed the 70 sons of his father, Jerub Baal (Gideon). He killed them all at the same time. [78] But Jerub Baal’s youngest son hid from Abimelech and escaped. The youngest son’s name was Jotham.