Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you what you should do to save yourself.
2 Chronicles 22:10 - Easy To Read Version Athaliah was Ahaziah’s {\cf2\super [254]} mother. When she saw that her son was dead, she killed all the king’s children in Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when Athaliah mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of Judah. American Standard Version (1901) Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. Common English Bible When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, learned of her son’s death, she immediately destroyed the entire royal family of Judah’s dynasty. Catholic Public Domain Version For indeed, his mother, Athaliah, seeing that her son had died, rose up and killed the entire royal stock of the house of Jehoram. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son was dead, rose up, and killed all the royal family of the house of Joram. |
Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you what you should do to save yourself.
{You must do something before you die.} If you don’t, then after you are buried with your fathers, those men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”
But Jehosheba took Ahaziah’s son Joash and hid him. Jehosheba put Joash and his nurse in the inside bedroom. Jehosheba was King Jehoram’s daughter. She was also Jehoiada’s wife. Jehoiada was a priest. And Jehosheba was Ahaziah’s sister. Athaliah did not kill Joash, because Jehosheba hid him.
Then those men grabbed Athaliah when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate at the king’s house. Then they killed her there at that place.