2 Chronicles 22:12

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Joash was with the priests. He was hidden in God’s temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:11

But Jehoshebath, daughter of the king and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash. She saved him from being killed with the king’s other sons, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Jehoshebath was the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest. Because she was also Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah. So he wasn’t killed.

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada strengthened his position by making an agreement with the company commanders: Azariah, son of Jeroham, Ishmael, son of Jehohanan, Azariah, son of Obed, Maaseiah, son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, son of Zichri.

Psalm 12:8

Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.

Psalm 27:5

He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He sets me high on a rock.

Psalm 73:14

I’m plagued ⌞with problems⌟ all day long, and every morning my punishment ⌞begins again⌟.

Proverbs 28:28

When wicked people rise, people hide. When they die, righteous people increase.

Jeremiah 12:1

O Lord, even if I would argue my case with you, you would always be right. Yet, I want to talk to you about your justice. Why do wicked people succeed? Why do treacherous people have peace and quiet?

Habakkuk 1:12

Didn’t you exist before time began, O Lord, my God, my Holy One? We will not die! O Lord, you have appointed the Babylonians to bring judgment. O Rock, you have destined them to correct us.