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Jehosheba,(A) who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s(B) sister, secretly rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from among the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed. Joash was in hiding with her in the Lord’s temple six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Athaliah Overthrown

In(C) the seventh year, Jehoiada(D) sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards.(E) He made them come to him in the Lord’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

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