1
Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family.
2
But Jehosheba, King Joram's daughter, Ahaziah's sister, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's children who were about to be killed; she put a him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus she b hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not killed;
3
he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha)
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