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II Chronicles 22:11

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But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 11

We read, in the foregoing chapter, of the carrying away of Jehoram's sons and his wives; but here we find one of his sons and one of his wives left, his son Ahaziah and his wife Athaliah, both reserved to be the shame and plague of his family. I. Ahaziah was the shame of it as a partaker, 1. In the sin, and, 2. In the destruction, of the house of Ahab (Ch2 22:1-9). II. Athaliah was the plague of it, for she destroyed all the seed-royal, and usurped the throne (Ch2 22:10-12).

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Strong's Concordancev. 11

יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת (Yᵉhôwshabʻath, H3090) — Jehoshabath, an Israelitess בַּת (bath, H1323) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and… מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428) — a king לָקַח (lâqach, H3947) — to take (in the widest variety of applications) יוֹאָשׁ (Yôwʼâsh, H3101) — Joash, the name of six Israelites בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… אֲחַזְיָה (ʼĂchazyâh, H274) — Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king גָּנַב (gânab, H1589) — to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, H8432) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre מוּת (mûwth, H4191) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill נָתַן (nâthan, H5414) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) יָנַק (yânaq, H3243) — to suck; causatively, to give milk חֶדֶר (cheder, H2315) — an apartment (usually literal) מִטָּה (miṭṭâh, H4296) — a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

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