2 Kings 11:3 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 11:3

And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And Athaliah did reign over the land - In these words the writer dismisses the entire reign of Athaliah, whereof he scorns to speak. We gather incidentally from 2Ki 12:5-12, compared with 2Ch 24:7, that Athaliah used her power to establish the exclusive worship of BaaI through the kingdom of Judah, and to crush that of Yahweh.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

While Jehu was extirpating the worship of Baal in Israel, she was establishing it in Judah, as appears, 2 Chron. xxiv. The court and kingdom of Judah had been debauched by their alliance with the house of Ahab, and now one of that house is a curse and a plague to both: sinful friendships speed no better.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
אִתָּהּ֙	'i.Tah	with her	H854 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִתְחַבֵּ֖א	mit.cha.Be'	hiding himself	H2244 →
שֵׁ֣שׁ	shesh	six	H8337 →
שָׁנִ֑ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה	va.'a.tal.Yah	and Athaliah	H6271 →
מֹלֶ֥כֶת	mo.Le.khet	[was] reigning	H4427 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
leads to
- Psalms 55:10–11
  Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
- Mark 14:63–65
  At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?
- Proverbs 29:12
  If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Isaiah 32:4–6
  The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
Through
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
leads to
- Jeremiah 12:1–2
  Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live…
- Job 21:7–15
  Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Malachi 2:17
  You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He…
- Malachi 4:1
  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…

About 2 Kings

The Death of Athaliah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Where the connections lead

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06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Kings