2 Chronicles 22:10

New International Reader's Version

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead. So she began to wipe out the whole royal family of Judah.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:12

So let me tell you what to do to save your life. It will also save the life of your son Solomon.

1 Kings 1:21

If you don’t do something, I and my son Solomon will be treated like people who have committed crimes. That will happen as soon as you join the members of your family who have already died.”

2 Chronicles 22:11

But Jehosheba went and got Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram. She stole Joash away from among the royal princes. All of them were about to be murdered. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom. Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, was the wife of Jehoiada the priest. She was also Ahaziah’s sister. So Jehosheba hid the child from Athaliah. That’s why Athaliah couldn’t kill him.

2 Chronicles 23:15

So they grabbed her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds. There they put her to death.