2 Kings 11:2

2 Kings 11:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
• New International Version (NIV)But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.

Context of 2 Kings 11:2

1Ahaziah's mother, Athaliah, heard the news that her son was dead. So she started to kill all the royal family. Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and the sister of Ahaziah. When Athaliah's servants had come to murder the royal sons, Jehosheba took Ahaziah's son Joash away and she hid him. She put him in a bedroom in the temple to hide him from Athaliah. So Joash stayed alive. 3Joash and his nurse stayed safely in a room in the Lord's temple while Queen Athaliah ruled Judah for six years. 4In the seventh year that Athaliah ruled Judah, the priest Jehoiada asked some of the king's officers to come to him. They were officers of army groups, the king's special guards and the palace guards. They came to meet with Jehoiada in the Lord's temple. There, he made them promise to agree with his idea. Then he showed the king's son Joash to them.

2 Kings 11:2 word by word

וַתִּקַּ֣ח יְהוֹשֶׁ֣בַע בַּת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־י֠וֹרָם אֲח֨וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֜הוּ אֶת־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗ה וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֤וֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים אֹת֥וֹ וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ אֹת֛וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הוּמָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But Jehoshebaיְהוֹשֶׁבַעyehôsheba‛ · JehoshebaH3089
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Joramיוֹרָםyôrâm · JoramH3141
• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• of Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Joashיוֹאָשׁyô'âsh yô'âsh · JoashH3101
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and stoleגָּנַבgânab · to stealH1589
• him from amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• slainמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and they hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• him and his nurseיָנַקyânaq · to suckleH3243
• in the bedchamberמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• in the bedchamberחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
• fromפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ‛ăthalyâh ‛ăthalyâhû · AthaliahH6271

Cross-references for 2 Kings 11:2

• 2 Chronicles 22:11But King Jehoram's daughter Jehosheba rescued Ahaziah's son Joash. When Athaliah's servants had come to murder the royal sons, Jehosheba took Joash away and she hid him. She put him in a bedroom in the temple with his nurse. Jehosheba was Ahaziah's sister and she was the wife of Jehoiada, the priest. So she hid Joash from Athaliah to stop her from killing him.
• 2 Kings 8:16When Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for five years, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram started to rule Judah as king.
• 2 Kings 12:1Joash became king of Judah in the seventh year that Jehu was king of Israel. Joash ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother's name was Zibiah. She came from Beersheba.
• 2 Kings 8:19But the Lord did not want to destroy the nation of Judah, because of his promise to his servant, David. The Lord had promised that King David would always have descendants who would rule the nation.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no knowledge and no advice that can win against the Lord.
• Isaiah 7:6They are saying, ‘We must attack Judah. We will frighten the people and we will take their country for ourselves. We will make the son of Tabeel rule there as king.’
• Isaiah 37:35“I will make this city safe and I will rescue it. I will do that to show that I am great. I promised my servant David that I would do it. So I will do it.” ’
• Isaiah 65:8This is what the Lord says: ‘If grapes still have some juice in them, someone will say, “Do not destroy them. There is some juice there that we can use.” I will do the same thing for my servants. I will not destroy them all.
• Jeremiah 33:17The Lord says, “One of David's descendants will always rule as king over the nation of Israel.
• 1 Kings 6:5Solomon built rooms around the outside of the temple walls. These rooms continued outside the big hall and the inside room. The side rooms were on three levels.
• Jeremiah 35:2He said, ‘Go to the place where Rekab's descendants live. Ask them to come to the Lord's temple. Take them into one of the temple's small rooms. Give to them some wine to drink.’
• Ezekiel 40:45The man said to me, ‘The room beside the north gate is for the priests who take care of the temple.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 11:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Daughter of - Joram, sister of Ahaziah - It is not likely that Jehosheba was the daughter of Athaliah; she was sister, we find, to Ahaziah the son of Athaliah, but probably by a different mother. The mother of Jehoash was Zibiah of Beer-sheba; see 2 Kings 12:1.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Jehosheba … sister of Ahaziah - “Half-sister,” according to Josephus - daughter of Joram, not by Athaliah, but by another wife. She was married to Jehoiada the high priest, and was thus in a position to save and conceal her nephew, Joash, who was only one year old (compare 2 Kings 11:3, 2 Kings 11:21). In the bedchamber - literally, “in the chamber of mattresses” - probabIy a store-room in the palace in which mattresses were kept.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Jehosheba was likely born to Jehoram by a wife other than Athaliah, making her Ahaziah’s half-sister (see Josephus, Antiquities 9.7.1). The infant Joash was born to Zibiah of Beersheba (2 Chronicles 24:1), possibly a lesser-known wife of Ahaziah. This might have allowed the baby's birth to go unnoticed by Athaliah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Jehosheba--or Jehoshabeath (2Ch 22:11). daughter of King Joram--not by Athaliah, but by a secondary wife. stole him from among the king's sons which were slain--either from among the corpses, he being considered dead, or out of the palace nursery. hid him ... in the bedchamber--for the use of the priests, which was in some part of the temple (2Ki 11:3), and of which Jehoiada and his wife had the sole charge. What is called, however, the bedchamber in…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 11:2

• Athaliah
• Children
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehosheba
• Joash
• Nurse
• Orphan
• Temple
• Usurpation
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Ahaziah
• Athaliah
• Joash
• Joram
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jehoram; Joram
• Bedchamber
• Jehoiada
• Testimony
• Jehoshabeath

Commentaries on 2 Kings 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings