2 Reyes 11:1

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1 Y ATHALIA madre de Och么z铆as, viendo que su hijo era muerto, levant贸se, y destruy贸 toda la simiente real.

2 Reyes 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Justin. e Trogo, l. 37. c. 1.
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2 Reyes 11:1 In-Context

1 Y ATHALIA madre de Och么z铆as, viendo que su hijo era muerto, levant贸se, y destruy贸 toda la simiente real.
2 Pero tomando Josaba hija del rey Joram, hermana de Och么z铆as, 谩 Joas hijo de Och么z铆as, sac贸lo furtivamente de entre los hijos del rey, que se mataban, y ocult贸lo de delante de Athal铆a, 谩 茅l y 谩 su ama, en la c谩mara de las camas, y as铆 no lo mataron.
3 Y estuvo con ella escondido en la casa de Jehov谩 seis a帽os: y Athal铆a fu茅 reina sobre el pa铆s.
4 Mas al s茅ptimo a帽o envi贸 Joiada, y tom贸 centuriones, capitanes, y gente de la guardia, y meti贸los consigo en la casa de Jehov谩: 茅 hizo con ellos liga, jurament谩ndolos en la casa de Jehov谩; y mostr贸les al hijo del rey.
5 Y mand贸les, diciendo: Esto es lo que hab茅is de hacer: la tercera parte de vosotros, los que entrar谩n el s谩bado, tendr谩n la guardia de la casa del rey;
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