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She was the daughter of King Ahab of Israel and Queen Jezebel, making her a member of the infamous Omride dynasty. Her marriage to Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, was likely a political alliance intended to strengthen ties between the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.<br><br><b>Reign and Usurpation</b><br><br>Athaliah's rise to power was marked by violence and idolatry. After the death of her son, King Ahaziah of Judah, Athaliah seized the throne by orchestrating the massacre of the royal family, an act that was unprecedented in the history of Judah. This brutal move was intended to eliminate any threats to her rule and secure her position as the sole monarch. The Bible records this event in <a href="/2_kings/11.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a>: "When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs."<br><br>During her reign, Athaliah promoted the worship of Baal, following in the footsteps of her mother, Jezebel. This idolatry was a direct affront to the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel, and led to further moral and spiritual decline in Judah. Her reign is often characterized by the influence of her mother's legacy, as she continued the practices that had been prevalent in the northern kingdom.<br><br><b>The Preservation of the Davidic Line</b><br><br>Despite Athaliah's efforts to destroy the royal lineage, one heir was saved. Jehosheba, the sister of Ahaziah and wife of Jehoiada the priest, secretly rescued Joash, the infant son of Ahaziah, from the massacre. She hid him in the temple of the Lord for six years, protecting him from Athaliah's murderous intent. This act of bravery ensured the survival of the Davidic line, which was crucial for the fulfillment of God's covenant with David.<br><br><b>Overthrow and Death</b><br><br>Athaliah's reign came to an end through a carefully orchestrated coup led by Jehoiada the priest. In the seventh year of her rule, Jehoiada revealed Joash to the people and anointed him king in a dramatic ceremony at the temple. The account in <a href="/2_kings/11-12.htm">2 Kings 11:12-14</a> describes the moment: "Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, and presented him with the testimony. They anointed him and proclaimed him king, and the people clapped their hands and shouted, 'Long live the king!'"<br><br>Upon hearing the commotion, Athaliah rushed to the temple, only to find Joash being crowned. Realizing her downfall, she cried out, "Treason! Treason!" However, Jehoiada ordered her to be taken outside the temple grounds and executed, thus ending her tyrannical rule. Her death is recorded in <a href="/2_kings/11-16.htm">2 Kings 11:16</a>: "So they seized her as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death."<br><br><b>Legacy</b><br><br>Athaliah's reign is remembered as a dark period in the history of Judah, marked by idolatry and bloodshed. Her attempt to eradicate the Davidic line was ultimately thwarted by divine providence, as God preserved the lineage through Joash. Her account serves as a testament to the resilience of God's promises and the importance of faithfulness to His covenant.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Athaliah</span><p>the time of the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Athaliah</span><p>(<i>afflicted of the Lord</i>) daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, married Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and introduced into that kingdom the worship of Baal. (B.C. 891.) After the great revolution by which Jehu seated himself on the throne of Samaria she killed all the members of the royal family of Judah who had escaped his sword. (<a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a>) From the slaughter one infant, named Joash, the youngest son of Ahaziah, was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba wife of Jehoiada, (<a href="/2_chronicles/23-11.htm">2 Chronicles 23:11</a>) the high priest. (<a href="/2_chronicles/24-6.htm">2 Chronicles 24:6</a>) The child was brought up under Jehoiada's care, and concealed in the temple for six years, during which period Athaliah reigned over Judah. At length Jehoiada thought it time to produce the lawful king to the people, trusting to their zeal for the worship of God and their loyalty to the house of David. His plan was successful, and Athaliah was put to death.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Athaliah</span><p>A granddaughter of Omri, <a href="/context/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">2 Chronicles 22:2</a>, and daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a>. Strangely enough, she was chosen as the wife of Jehoram, son of the pious Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Her pernicious influence drew into idolatry and crime both her husband and her son Ahaziah, <a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a> 22:3. After their premature death, she usurped the throne, and sought to secure herself in it by the murder of all the seed royal. Only Joash her grandson, then an infant, was saved by his aunt Jehosheba. Six years afterwards he was brought from his place of refuge, and crowned by the bold and faithful high priest Jehoiada, who at the same time caused the blood-stained Athaliah to be put to death, <a href="/context/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1-21</a> <a href="/context/2_chronicles/23-1.htm">2 Chronicles 23:1-21</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Whom God afflicts. <p>(1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (<a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">2 Kings 8:18</a>), who "walked in the ways of the house of Ahab" (<a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a>), called "daughter" of Omri (<a href="/2_kings/8-26.htm">2 Kings 8:26</a>). On the death of her husband and of her son Ahaziah, she resolved to seat herself on the vacant throne. She slew all Ahaziah's children except Joash, the youngest (<a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a>, 2). After a reign of six years she was put to death in an insurrection (<a href="/2_kings/11-20.htm">2 Kings 11:20</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/22-10.htm">22:10</a>-12; <a href="/2_chronicles/23-15.htm">23:15</a>), stirred up among the people in connection with Josiah's being crowned as king.<p>(2.) <a href="/ezra/8-7.htm">Ezra 8:7</a>. <p>(3.) <a href="/1_chronicles/8-26.htm">1 Chronicles 8:26</a>. <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ATHALIAH</span><p>ath-a-li'-a (`athalyah; meaning uncertain, perhaps, "whom Yahweh has afflicted"; <a href="/2_kings/8-26.htm">2 Kings 8:26</a>; <a href="/nasb/2_kings/11.htm">2 Kings 11</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/22.htm">2 Chronicles 22, 23</a>):<br><br>1. Relationship:<br><br>(1) Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, grand-daughter of Omri, 6th king of Israel. In her childhood the political relations of the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel had, after many years of strife, become friendly, and she was married to Jehoram, eldest son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (<a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">2 Kings 8:18</a>). The marriage was one of political expediency, and is a blot on the memory of Jehoshaphat.<br><br>2. Athaliah as Queen:<br><br>When Jehoram was 32 years of age, he succeeded to the throne, and Athaliah became queen of Judah. She inherited her mother's strength of will, and like her developed a fanatical devotion to the cult of the Zidonian Baal. Elijah's blow at the worship of Baal in Samaria shortly before her accession to power did nothing to mitigate her zeal. It probably intensified it. The first recorded act of Jehoram's reign is the murder of his six younger brothers; some princes of the realm, who were known to be favorable to the ancient faith of the nation, were also destroyed (<a href="/2_chronicles/21-4.htm">2 Chronicles 21:4</a>). There can be little doubt that these deeds of blood were supported, and perhaps instigated, by Athaliah, who was a much stronger character than her husband.<br><br>3. Murder of Her Grandchildren:<br><br>After eight years of royal life, Athaliah became a widow, and her son, Ahaziah, then 22 years of age (<a href="/2_kings/8-26.htm">2 Kings 8:26</a>; not 42 as in <a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">2 Chronicles 22:2</a>), ascended his father's throne. As queen-mother, Athaliah was now supreme in the councils of the nation, as well as in the royal palace. Within a single year, the young king fell (see JEHU), and the only persons who stood between Athaliah and the throne were her grandchildren. It is in such moments that ambition, fired by fanaticism, sees its opportunity, and the massacre of the royal seed was determined on. This was carried out: but one of them, Jehoash, a babe, escaped by the intervention of his aunt, Jehosheba (<a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">1 Kings 11:2</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>).<br><br>4. Her Usurpation:<br><br>The palace being cleared of its royal occupants, Athaliah had herself proclaimed sovereign. No other woman, before or since, sat upon the throne of David, and it is a proof of her energy and ability that, in spite of her sex, she was able to keep it for six years. From <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">2 Chronicles 24:7</a> we gather that a portion of the temple of Yahweh was pulled down, and the material used in the structure of a temple of Baal.<br><br>5. The Counter-Revolution:<br><br>The high priest at this time was Jehoiada, who had married the daughter of Athaliah, Jehosheba (<a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>). His promotion to the primacy led to the undoing of the usurper, as Jehoiada proved staunchly, if secretly, true to the religion of Yahweh. For six years he and his wife concealed in their apartments, near the temple, the young child of Ahaziah. In the seventh year a counter-revolution was planned. The details are given with unusual fullness in Ki and Chronicles, the writings of which supplement one another. Thus, when the Chronicler wrote, it had become safe to give the names of five captains who led the military rising (<a href="/2_chronicles/23-1.htm">2 Chronicles 23:1</a>). With the Book of Ki before him, it was not necessary to do more than extract from the ancient records such particulars as had not hitherto appeared. This it is which has chiefly given rise to the charge of variations in the two narratives. See <a href="../j/jehoash.htm">JEHOASH</a>.<br><br>6. Her Death:<br><br>At the time of her deposition, Athaliah was resident in the royal palace. When roused to a sense of danger by the acclamations which greeted the coronation ceremony, she made an attempt to stay the revolt by rushing into the temple court, alone; her guards, according to Josephus, having been prevented from following her (Ant., IX, vii, 3). A glance sufficed. It showed her the lad standing on a raised platform before the temple, holding the Book of the Law in his hand, and with the crown upon his brow. Rending her robe and shouting, "Treason! Treason!" she fled. Some were for cutting her down as she did so, but this was objected to as defiling the temple with human blood. She was, therefore, allowed to reach the door of the palace in flight. Here she fell, smitten by the avenging guards.<br><br>Athaliah's usurpation lasted for six years (<a href="/2_kings/11-3.htm">2 Kings 11:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">2 Kings 12:1</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm">2 Chronicles 22:12</a>). Her 1st year synchronizes with the 1st of Jehu in Israel, and may be placed 846 B.C. (some put later). See <a href="../c/chronology.htm">CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT</a>. The statement of <a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">2 Kings 12:1</a> is here understood in the sense that Jehoash began his public reign in the 7th year of Jehu, and that he reigned 40 years counting from the time of his father's death. A modern parallel is the dating of all official records and legal documents of the time of Charles II of England from the death of Charles I.<br><br>The only other reference to Athaliah is that above alluded to in <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">2 Chronicles 24:7</a>, where she is spoken of as "that wicked woman."<br><br>(2) A Benjamite who dwelt in Jerusalem (<a href="/1_chronicles/8-26.htm">1 Chronicles 8:26, 28</a>).<br><br>(3) Father of Jeshaiah, who returned with Ezra (8:7); called Gotholias in Apocrypha (1 Esdras 8:33).<br><br>W. Shaw Caldecott<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6271.htm"><span class="l">6271. Athalyah -- daughter of Ahab, also three Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> daughter of Ahab, also three Israelites. Transliteration: Athalyah or Athlay Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ath-al-yaw') Short Definition: <b>Athaliah</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Athaliah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6271.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_athaliah_reigned.htm"><span class="l">How <b>Athaliah</b> Reigned Over Jerusalem for Five [Six] Years when <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 7. How <b>Athaliah</b> Reigned Over Jerusalem For Five [Six] Years When Jehoiada<br> The High Priest Slew Her And Made Jehoash, The Son Of Ahaziah, King. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how athaliah reigned.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/jehoiada_and_joash.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiada and Joash</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 'And when <b>Athaliah</b> the mother of <b>...</b> And when <b>Athaliah</b> heard the noise of the guard and<br> of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.14. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/jehoiada and joash.htm</font><p><a href="/library/milligan/men_of_the_bible_some_lesser-known/ahaziah.htm"><span class="l">Ahaziah</span></a> <br><b>...</b> His mother was <b>Athaliah</b>, and <b>Athaliah</b> was the daughter of Jezebel, and Jezebel was<br> a licentious heathen princess whom Ahab on an evil day had made his wife. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/ahaziah.htm</font><p><a href="/library/yonge/the_chosen_people/lesson_vii_the_kingdom_op.htm"><span class="l">The Kingdom Op Judah.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> too friendly with the idolatrous House of Ahab in Samaria, and allowed his son Jehoram<br> to take to wife the child of Ahab and Jezebel, <b>Athaliah</b>, who proved even <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vii the kingdom op.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_boy_joash_on_the.htm"><span class="l">The Boy Joash on the Throne of Judah</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When <b>Athaliah</b>, the mother of Ahaziah, learned that her son was dead, she rose and<br> put to death all of Ahaziah's children except Joash, whom his aunt, Jehosheba <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the boy joash on the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_16_the_fall_of.htm"><span class="l">The Fall of the House of Ahab</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Ahaziah ruled only one year, and during this time, influenced by his mother, <b>Athaliah</b>,<br> "his counselor to do wickedly," "he walked in the way of the house of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 16 the fall of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_17_1871/new_uses_for_old_trophies.htm"><span class="l">New Uses for Old Trophies</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Athaliah</b>, daughter of Ahab, wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, the usurping queen<br> of Judah, had played the tyrant for well-nigh seven years. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/new uses for old trophies.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/glad_givers_and_faithful_workers.htm"><span class="l">Glad Givers and Faithful Workers</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of<br> Israel, for the tabernacle of witness' 7. For the sons of <b>Athaliah</b>, that wicked <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/glad givers and faithful workers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tidwell/the_bible_period_by_period/chapter_xiii_the_divided_kingdom.htm"><span class="l">The Divided Kingdom.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 7. <b>Athaliah</b>, 2:K.11:1-21:2; 2 Chron, 22;10-23:6. Reigned 6 years and was slain when<br> Joash became king. 8. Joash, 2:K.11:3-12:21; 2:Chron.24:1-27. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xiii the divided kingdom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/title_page.htm"><span class="l">History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7</span></a> <br><b>...</b> (825-812 BC), his first three expeditions, his campaigns against Babylon --<br> Bammdn-nirdri IV, (812-783 BC) -- Jehu, <b>Athaliah</b>, Joash: the supremacy of Hazael <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 7/title page.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Athaliah</b> (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ATHALIAH</b>. <b>...</b> 2. <b>Athaliah</b> as Queen: When Jehoram was 32<br> years of age, he succeeded to the throne, and <b>Athaliah</b> became queen of Judah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/athaliah.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/athali'ah.htm"><span class="l">Athali'ah (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Athali'ah. <b>Athaliah</b>, Athali'ah. Athanasian . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b> And his<br> mother's name was <b>Athaliah</b> the daughter of Omri king of Israel. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/athali'ah.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoash.htm"><span class="l">Jehoash (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Athaliah</b> was taken by surprise when she heard the shout of the people, "Long live<br> the king;" and when she appeared in the temple, Jehoiada commanded her to be <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoash.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehosheba.htm"><span class="l">Jehosheba (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Yahweh is an oath"): Called "Jehoshabeath" in 2 Chronicles 22:11; daughter of Jehoram<br> king of Judah, possibly by a wife other than <b>Athaliah</b> (2 Kings 11:2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehosheba.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahazi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Ahazi'ah (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was <b>Athaliah</b> the daughter<br> of Omri king of Israel. (See RSV). 2 Kings 8:29 And <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahazi'ah.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoiada.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiada (51 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Samuel 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of <b>Athaliah's</b><br> usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jehosheba, or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoiada.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reigning.htm"><span class="l">Reigning (57 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 26 a son of twenty and two years 'is' Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath<br> reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother 'is' <b>Athaliah</b> daughter of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reigning.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mother.htm"><span class="l">Mother (2641 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> dowager occupied a very important position at the court of the kings of Israel,<br> eg Bathsheba (1 Kings 2:19); Maacah (1 Kings 15:13); <b>Athaliah</b> (2 Chronicles 22:2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mother.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahaziah.htm"><span class="l">Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Called Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:23), and Azariah (2 Chronicles 22:6). Guided<br> by his idolatrous mother <b>Athaliah</b>, his reign was disastrous (2 Kings 8:24 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahaziah.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm"><span class="l">Jezebel (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The alliance with the Phoenicians was cemented by his marriage with Jezebel, and<br> he subsequently gave his daughter <b>Athaliah</b> in marriage to Jehoram, son of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jezebel.htm - 26k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Athaliah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Athaliah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jehoiada-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Jehoiada in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/King-Joash.html">Who was King Joash in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Athaliah (17 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/8-26.htm">2 Kings 8:26</a></span><br />Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> the daughter of Omri king of Israel. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a></span><br />Now when <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a></span><br />But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span>, so that he was not slain;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-3.htm">2 Kings 11:3</a></span><br />He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years. <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> reigned over the land. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-13.htm">2 Kings 11:13</a></span><br />When <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-14.htm">2 Kings 11:14</a></span><br />and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> tore her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-20.htm">2 Kings 11:20</a></span><br />So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> they had slain with the sword at the king's house.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/8-26.htm">1 Chronicles 8:26</a></span><br />and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">2 Chronicles 22:2</a></span><br />Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> the daughter of Omri. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-10.htm">2 Chronicles 22:10</a></span><br />Now when <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a></span><br />But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who 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 <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span>, so that she didn't kill him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm">2 Chronicles 22:12</a></span><br />He was with them hid in the house of God six years: and <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> reigned over the land. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-12.htm">2 Chronicles 23:12</a></span><br />When <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-13.htm">2 Chronicles 23:13</a></span><br />and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-21.htm">2 Chronicles 23:21</a></span><br />So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span> they had slain with the sword.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">2 Chronicles 24:7</a></span><br />For the sons of <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span>, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/8-7.htm">Ezra 8:7</a></span><br />Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of <span class="boldtext">Athaliah</span>; and with him seventy males.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm">Athaliah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/athaliah--father_of_jeshaiah.htm">Athaliah: Father of Jeshaiah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/athaliah--son_of_jehoram.htm">Athaliah: Son of Jehoram</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/athaliah--wife_of_jehoram,_king_of_judah.htm">Athaliah: Wife of Jehoram, King of Judah</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm">Athaliah (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/athanasian.htm">Athanasian</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/a/athaiah--perhaps_identical_with_asaiah.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Athaiah: Perhaps Identical With Asaiah"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Athaiah: Perhaps Identical With Asaiah" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/athali'ah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Athali'ah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Athali'ah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>