2 Chronicles 22:12

12 he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 22:12

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 22:9).

2 Chronicles 22:12 In-Context

10 Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family of the house of Judah.

11 But Jehoshabeath, the king's daughter, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's children who were about to be killed; she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada—because she was a sister of Ahaziah—hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not kill him;

12 he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.