2 Chronicles 22:12

And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

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KJV

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

ASV

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

YLT

And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

DBT

and he was with them hid in the house ofGod six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

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Hid in the house of God - In the house of the sanctuary of God. - Targum. Or, as he says on 2Ch 22:11, בקודש קודשיא bekudash kudeshaiya in the holy of holies. To this place Athaliah had no access, therefore Joash lay concealed, he and his affectionate aunt-nurse. - See on 2Ki 11:1 (note).

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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Psalms 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Jeremiah 12:1
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 at ease?
Psalms 73:18–19
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Psalms 73:14
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Psalms 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
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.

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Who & where

PersonDivided kingdomAthaliahAhab's daughter and Judah's only reigning queen, who destroyed the royal seed — save the hidden Joash — and fell when the temple g…

About this book

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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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.

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Jeremiah 12:1
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…
leads to
- Malachi 3:15
  So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Psalms 92:7
  that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 37:1
  Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalms 73:3–28
  For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 51:4
  Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Through
Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:4
  He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- Psalms 90:2
  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Jeremiah 46:28
  And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not…

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