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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KJV

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

ASV

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

YLT

and he is with her, in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself, six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

DBT

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

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And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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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.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
2 Chronicles 22:12
And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
Psalms 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Nehemiah 6:10
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”

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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

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

2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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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.
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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…

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