2 Kings 11:1
1599 Geneva Bible
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.
1 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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- 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.
2 Kings 11:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 11
Death of the Heirs of Ahaziah of Judah. 1 (A)When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family.
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