2 Chronicles 22:12

2 Chronicles 22:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
• New International Version (NIV)He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Context of 2 Chronicles 22:12

10But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11But 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. And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 22:12 word by word

וַיְהִ֤י אִתָּם֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה מֹלֶ֥כֶת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פRead the interlinear

• hidחָבָאchâbâ' · to hideH2244
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ‛ăthalyâh ‛ăthalyâhû · AthaliahH6271
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 22:12

• Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 12:8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
• Psalms 73:14For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteousart thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of thy judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? why are they all happy that deal very treacherously?
• Habakkuk 1:12Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 22:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Hid in the house of God - "In the house of the sanctuary of God." - Targum. Or, as he says on 2 Chronicles 22:11, קודשיא בקודש 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 2 Kings 11:1; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Compare the marginal reference and notes.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12Athaliah was not seen as a legitimate monarch. She did not receive the usual royal recognition of age or reign length like other rulers. She focused on eliminating potential male successors in Judah's royal family. Those who could not rule, like Ahaziah’s sister, survived. Jehosheba, Ahaziah’s half-sister, was the daughter of King Jehoram by a different wife than Athaliah. Athaliah ruled for six years, from 841 to 835 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 22:12

• Ahaziah
• Athaliah
• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joash
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Athaliah
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• House of God
• Jehoash; Joash
• Queen Mother

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 22

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings