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2 Chronicles 22:11

in 2 Chronicles 22

But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

KJV

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 22

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

took Joash son of Ahaziah

on 2 Chronicles 22:11-12

Second Kings 11:2 names the rescuer only as Jehosheba, Joram's daughter and Ahaziah's sister. Chronicles adds that she was “the wife of Jehoiada the priest”, so the woman who steals the infant is married into the priesthood. The royal house and the priestly house join in one rescue.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the L ORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

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The words behind it

37 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתִּקַּח֩and she took

    vatikachH3947 →966 times

  • יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֨תJehoshabeath

    yehoshavatH3090 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יוֹאָ֣שׁJoash

    yoashH3101 →47 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּAhaziah

    ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times

  • וַתִּגְנֹ֤בand she stole

    vatignoH1589 →

  • אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • מִתּ֤וֹךְfrom among

    mitokhH8432 →418 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔יםwho were being put to death

    hamumatimH4191 →839 times

  • וַתִּתֵּ֥ןand she put

    vatitenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מֵֽינִקְתּ֖וֹsuckling-nurse his

    meiniktoH3243 →

  • בַּחֲדַ֣רin [the] chamber of

    bachadarH2315 →38 times

  • הַמִּטּ֑וֹתthe beds

    hamitotH4296 →

  • וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּand she hid him

    vatastirehuH5641 →

  • יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֣תJehoshabeath

    yehoshavatH3090 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוֹרָ֡םJehoram

    yehoramH3088 →29 times

  • אֵשֶׁת֩[the] wife of

    ʾeshetH802 →781 times

  • יְהוֹיָדָ֨עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הִיא֩she

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • הָיְתָ֨הshe was

    hayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • אֲח֧וֹת[the] sister of

    ʾachotH269 →

  • אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּAhaziah

    ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times

  • מִפְּנֵ֥יfrom before

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּAthaliah

    ʾatalyahuH6271 →17 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הֱמִיתָֽתְהוּ׃she killed him

    hemitatehuH4191 →839 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 33:10

    The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 21:11

      Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

    • Job 5:12–13

      He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

    • Isaiah 44:25

      who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

    • Proverbs 21:30

      There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

    • 2 Samuel 15:31

      Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

  • Through

    Proverbs 21:30

    There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:39

      But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

    • Proverbs 19:21

      Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

    • Jeremiah 9:23

      This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).