2 Kings 11:3
in 2 Kings 11And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Kings 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
This site's exposition
stole him from among the king’s sons
on 2 Kings 11:2-3
Jehosheba, a daughter of the royal house and by 2 Chronicles 22:11 the wife of Jehoiada the priest, hides the one surviving infant and his nurse inside the temple's own chambers for six years while Athaliah reigns undisturbed over the land. The whole covenant promised to David narrows to a nurse, a closet, and a silence the text keeps for six years running, told in a single verse. Wesley notes the chamber's place among the rooms used only by priests and Levites is what makes the hiding place work.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He was - hid in the house of the Lord - This might be readily done, because none had access to the temple but the priests; and the high priest himself was the chief manager of this business.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi | and he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אִתָּהּ֙ | ʾitah | with her | H854 → | 929 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִתְחַבֵּ֖א | mitchabe' | hiding himself | H2244 → | |
| שֵׁ֣שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| שָׁנִ֑ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה | vaatalyah | and Athaliah | H6271 → | 17 times |
| מֹלֶ֥כֶת | molekhet | [was] reigning | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיְהִ֤יand he was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
אִתָּהּ֙with her
ʾitahH854 →929 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִתְחַבֵּ֖אhiding himself
mitchabe'H2244 →
שֵׁ֣שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
שָׁנִ֑יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
וַעֲתַלְיָ֖הand Athaliah
vaatalyahH6271 →17 times
מֹלֶ֥כֶת[was] reigning
molekhetH4427 →348 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
it 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.
- Psalms 55:10–11
Through
Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
it 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…
- Jeremiah 12:1–2
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.