He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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And he was with them hid in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 22:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
- Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
- Psalms 73:14 For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
- Psalms 73:18-19 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- Jeremiah 12:1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Habakkuk 1:12 Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, in the chamber, where the Priests and Levites…
Meaning, in the chamber, where the Priests and Levites slept, which kept their courses weekly in the Temple.
To wit, of Judah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Hid in the house of God] "In…
Verse 12. Hid in the house of God] "In the house of the sanctuary of God." - Targum. Or, as he says on 2Ch 22:11, בקודש קודשיא bekudash kudeshaiya "in the holy of holies." To this place Athaliah had no access, therefore Joash lay concealed, he and his affectionate aunt-nurse. - See on 2Kg 11:1.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he was with them hid in the house of…
he was with them hid in the house of God--Certain persons connected with the priesthood had a right to occupy the buildings in the outer wall, and all within the outer wall was often called the temple. Jehoiada and his family resided in one of these apartments.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. with them] i.e. with Jehoiada and Jehoshabeath. In…
12. with them] i.e. with Jehoiada and Jehoshabeath. In Kings “with her.”
in the house of God] “The chamber for beds” (in the palace?) was only a temporary hiding-place.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) With them.—With Jehoiada and his wife. Kings, “with…
(12) With them.—With Jehoiada and his wife. Kings, “with her;” LXX., “with him;” Syriac and Arabic, “with her.” (See Note on 2Ki_11:3.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain With them hid in the house of God six…
With them hid in the house of God six years. During this time evidently Athaliah reigned. There were in the "house of God" chambers sacred to the use of either priests or temple officials. (1Ki_6:5-10)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And Athaliah reigned over the land.
2Ch_22:12
And Athaliah reigned over the land.
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The evil effects of royal marriages
A distinguished authority on European history is fond of pointing to the evil effects of royal marriages as one of the chief drawbacks to the monarchical system of government. A crown may at any time devolve upon a woman, and by her marriage with a powerful reigning prince her country may virtually be subjected to a foreign yoke. If it happens that the new sovereign professes a different religion from that of his wifes subjects, the evils arising from the marriage are seriously aggravated. Some such fate befell the Netherlands as the result of the marriage of Mary of Burgundy with the Emperor Maximilian, and England was only saved from the danger of transference to Catholic dominion by the caution and patriotism of Queen Elizabeth. Athaliahs usurpation was a bold attempt to reverse the usual process and transfer the husbands dominions to the authority of faith of the wifes family. It is probable that Athaliahs permanent success would have led to the absorption of Judah in the northern kingdom. Our own history furnishes numerous illustrations of the evil influences that come in the train of foreign queens. Edward II suffered grievously at the hands of his French queen; Henry VI.s wife, Margaret of Anjou, contributed considerably to the prolonged bitterness of the struggle between York and Lancaster; and to Henry VIIIs marriage with Catherine of Aragon the country owed the miseries and persecutions inflicted by Mary Tudor. But no foreign queen of England has had the opportunities for mischief that were enjoyed and fully utilised by Athaliah. The peace and honour and prosperity of godly families in all ranks of life have been disturbed, and often destroyed, by the marriage of one of their members with a woman of alien spirit mad temperament. (W. H. Bennett, M.A.)
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