But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.
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But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.
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But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
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But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest — for she was the sister of Ahaziah — hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 22:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
- 2 Kings 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7 However Yahweh would not destroy David’s house, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into a covenant with him.
- Psalms 33:10 Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
- Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Isaiah 65:8 Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
- Ezekiel 40:45-46 He said to me, “This room, which faces toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house. The room which faces toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.”
- Acts 4:28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king,…
2Ch 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2Ch 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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Ver. 11, 12. {See Trapp on "2Ki 11:2"} {See Trapp on "2Ki 11:3"} {See Trapp on "2Ki 11:4"}
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain High is not expressed in Heb. or Sept., but…
High is not expressed in Heb. or Sept., but he is supposed to have been the pontiff. H.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. Jehoshabeath] In Kings “Jehosheba.” The two are forms…
11. Jehoshabeath] In Kings “Jehosheba.” The two are forms of the same name; cp. “Elisabeth” (Luk_1:7) and “Elisheba” (Exo_6:23), a similar pair.
in a bedchamber] R.V. mg., in the chamber for the beds, i.e. in a store room in which bed furniture was kept.
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the wife of Jehoiada the priest] Cp. 2Ch_23:1. This relationship is not given in Kings.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Jehoshabeath.—Kings, “Jehosheba.” (Comp. “Elisheba,” Exo_6:23; and Ἐλισάβετ (LXX.),…
(11) Jehoshabeath.—Kings, “Jehosheba.” (Comp. “Elisheba,” Exo_6:23; and Ἐλισάβετ (LXX.), Luk_1:7.)
The daughter of the king.—Kings adds “Joram,” and “sister of Ahaziah.”
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That were slain.—That were to be put to death.
In a bedchamber.—Literally, in the chamber of beds, i.e., where the bedding was kept. (See Note on 2Ki_11:2.)
The wife of Jehoiada the priest.—So Josephus. Thenius questions the fact, on the supposed grounds—(1) that the high priest did not live in the Temple; but the passage he alleges (Neh_3:20-21) does not prove this for Jehoiada; and (2) that the chronicler contradicts himself in asserting that the priest’s wife also lived within the sacred precinct; but again his reference (2Ch_8:11) is irrelevant. Ewald calls the statement in question “genuinely historical;” and there is not the smallest reason to doubt it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain After of the king, the parallel conveniently certifies the…
After of the king, the parallel conveniently certifies the name, Joram, and adds, "sister of Ahaziah" (very possibly half-sister, though), and afterwards particularizes the hiding, as from Athaliah, as in the latter part of this verse. We are here told, what is not mentioned in the parallel, that Jehosheba was "wife of Jehoiada the priest," probably the high priest. Nor is this negatived by the fact that the name is not found (1Ch 6) in the line from Aaron to Jozadak; for this is only the line of Jozadaks ancestors, all of whom were not high priests. Joash is to be heard of again (2Ki_11:21; 2Ch_24:1)
Vers. 11, 12.
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The rescue of Joash.
I THE DANGER FROM WHICH HE WAS DELIVERED.
1. An early death. He was an infant at the breast, since he had a wet-nurse: "not above a year old" (Josephus). More than one-half of the human race die in infancy. Scripture examples of the deaths of children: the firstborn of Pharaoh; (Exo_12:29, Exo_12:30) the child of David, (2Sa_12:14-23) of Jeroboam, (1Ki_14:13) of the widow of Zarephath, (1Ki_17:17) of the Shunammite. (2Ki_4:19, 2Ki_4:20) Many exposed to the danger of dying in infancy who nevertheless escape, like Moses, (Exo_2:3) the child of the harlot, (1Ki_3:25) Jesus, (Mat_2:8) the centurion"s son. (Joh_4:49)
1. A violent death. He was in danger of being cut off by the sword. To die a natural death in infancy is sad enough; to be cut off by a supernatural stroke like the Egyptian children, or the Bethlehem innocents, or by an accidental stroke like the Shunammite"s boy, much more by a violent stroke like Samaria"s children, (Hos_10:14) excites the imagination as a hard fate indeed.
2. An unnatural death. He was in danger of being killed by his own grandmother. Only one fate could have been worse to have been slain by his own mother, like the son of the woman in Samaria; (2Ki_6:29) or by his own father, like the King of Moab"s eldest son. (2Ki_3:27)
II THE PERSON BY WHOM HE WAS DELIVERED.
1. A kinswoman. Jehoshabeath, or Jehosheba, "Jehovah is the oath," was the aunt of Joash, the sister of his father (see preceding homily).
2. A good woman. A plausible inference from the fact that she was marriedto Jehoiada the high priest. "Even princesses did not then scorn the bed of those that served at God"s altar "( Hall). Most likely she and her husband disapproved of the state religion and state policy of the day, inspired and controlled as these were by Athaliah.
3. A brave woman. Scarcely without peril to herself could she have carried out her humane design of rescuing her infant nephew.
4. A clever woman. Without immense tact she could never have evaded the vigilant eyes of Athaliah. Of the substitution of some other child in Joash"s room (Hall) Scripture is silent.
III THE MODE IN WHICH HE WAS DELIVERED.
1. By secret concealment in the palace. Along with his nurse he was hid in a bedchamber, or chamber for the beds; neither the dormitory of the priests and Levites in the temple-courts (Vatablus), nor the sleeping-apartments of the royal princes in the palace (Clericus), but a room in the latter, where, according to Eastern custom, the beds, i.e. mattresses and coverlets, were kept (Keil). In this recess, usually uninhabited, a temporary refuge was obtained from Athaliah"s rage.
2. By private upbringing in the temple. Not in the holy of holies (Targum), to which Athaliah had no access, but in one of the buildings on the outer wall, in which the high priest resided with his wife. Fetched at the first convenient opportunity from their dangerous proximity to Athaliah in the palace, the young child and his nurse were for six years lodged in the priest"s house. Here his training must have been both carefully and successfully attended to, as his after-career showed. (Pro_22:6) From the priest"s lips he would receive instruction in the Law of God; (Mal_2:7) from his aunt, learn to love and practise the religion of his great and good ancestors, Jehoshaphat and Asa.
Learn:
1. The ease with which God can defeat the projects of the wicked.
2. The tender care God takes of children, especially of such as belong tothe covenant.
3. The blessing of possessing pious parents and kinsmen.
4. The value of early instruction in the doctrines and duties of religion.
5. The safety of those whom God keeps.
6. The advantage of spending one"s early years in the house of God. W.
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