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 Living Translation (NLT)But Ahaziah’s sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king’s children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom, and they hid him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.

Context of 2 Kings 11:2

1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 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. 3So he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land. 4In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds—of the bodyguards and the escorts—and brought them into the house of the Lord to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son.

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 Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a 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 did not kill him.
• 2 Kings 8:16Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.
• 2 Kings 12:1In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
• 2 Kings 8:19Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.
• Isaiah 7:6“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—
• Isaiah 37:35‘For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’ ”
• Isaiah 65:8Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,’ So will I do for My servants’ sake, That I may not destroy them all.
• Jeremiah 33:17“For thus says the Lord: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
• 1 Kings 6:5Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.
• Jeremiah 35:2“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.”
• Ezekiel 40:45Then he said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge 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
• Bedchamber
• Jehoiada
• Testimony
• Jehoshabeath
• Jehosheba
• Jezebel

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