2 Reis 11:1

Joás Escapa de Atalia

1 Quando Atalia, mãe de Acazias, soube que seu filho estava morto, mandou matar toda a família real.

2 Reis 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:1

And when Athaiah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son
was dead
Who was the daughter of Ahab, and granddaughter of Omri ( 2 Kings 8:18 2 Kings 8:26 ) , she arose,

and destroyed all the seed royal;
that were left, for many had been slain already; the sons of Jehoshaphat, the brothers of Joram, were slain by him, ( 2 Chronicles 21:4 ) and all Joram's sons, excepting Ahaziah, were slain by the Arabians, ( 2 Chronicles 22:1 ) , and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah were slain by Jehu, ( 2 Kings 11:8 ) , these therefore seem to be the children of Ahaziah, the grandchildren of this brutish woman, whom she massacred out of her ambition of rule and government, which perhaps she was intrusted with while her son went to visit Joram king of Israel; other reasons are by some assigned, but this seems to be the chief. For the same reason Laodice, who had six sons by Ariarathes king of the Cappadocians, poisoned five of them; the youngest escaping her hands, was murdered by the people ^F24, as this woman also was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Justin. e Trogo, l. 37. c. 1.

2 Reis 11:1 In-Context

1 Quando Atalia, mãe de Acazias, soube que seu filho estava morto, mandou matar toda a família real.

2 Mas Jeoseba, filha do rei Jeorão e irmã de Acazias, pegou Joás, um dos filhos do rei que iam ser assassinados, e o colocou num quarto, com a sua ama, para escondê-lo de Atalia; assim ele não foi morto.

3 Seis anos ele ficou escondido com ela no templo do SENHOR, enquanto Atalia governava o país.

4 No sétimo ano, o sacerdote Joiada mandou chamar à sua presença no templo do SENHOR os líderes dos batalhões de cem dos cários. e dos guardas. E fez um acordo com eles no templo do SENHOR, com juramento. Depois lhes mostrou o filho do rei

5 e lhes ordenou: “Vocês vão fazer o seguinte: Quando entrarem de serviço no sábado, uma companhia ficará de guarda no palácio real;