11 1 Athaliah putteth to death all the King’s sons, except Joash the son of Ahaziah. 4 Joash is appointed King. 15 Jehoiada causeth Athaliah to be slain. 17 He maketh a covenant between God and the people. 18 Baal and his priests are destroyed.

Then (A)Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah when she saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the [a]King’s seed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:1 Meaning, all the posterity of Jehoshaphat, to whom the kingdom appertained: thus God used the cruelty of this woman to destroy the whole family of Ahab.

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