Jehoram became king of Judah in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel's reign (2 Kings 8:16). Our first introduction to her is as the wife of Jehoram, the son of the good king Jehoshaphat. I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses." The life‐guards had left their allegiance to Athaliah, and were gathered round the young king, and the Levites kept "the watch of the Lord," and compassed the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand. = Judah reformed during Jehoiada, temple repaired 2 Chronicles 24:2, 17-19 = Faithful until Jehoiada died, then turned from the Lord How did Joash respond when Jehoiada's son tried to turn him back to the Lord? With, perhaps, a trembling voice, she asked the cause of the tumult, and she saw the people run, and heard them praising the king. His youngest son succeeded him on the throne, and we read of him: "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. Such was the sad fruit of the unequal alliance between the son of the pious Jehoshaphat and a daughter of the idolatrous and wicked house of Ahab.Athaliah destroyeth all the royal family: only Joash escapeth; is hid six years in the house of God, and destroyed all the seed royal; that were left, for many had been slain already; the sons of Jehoshaphat, the brothers of Joram, were slain by him, (a) Meaning, all the posterity of Jehoshaphat, to whom the kingdom belonged: thus God used the cruelty of this woman to destroy the family of Ahab.And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead.
= Athaliah killed 2 Chronicles 22:11-12; 23:11, 21 = Joash hidden in temple until priest anointed him at 7 Joash (2 Chronicles 24) How faithful was this new king? Athaliah, the daughter of Jezebel, exceeded, if possible, her wicked mother in wickedness. While Athaliah ruled the kingdom he plotted her assassination in order to place the young king Joash back on the throne. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people. As long as Uzziah made a point to seek God, God made him prosperous (2 Chronicles 26:5). 2 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 who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in … And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. And the Lord was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook” (2 Kings 18:6–7). And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. Athaliah was married to Jehoram of Judah to seal a treaty between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and to secure his position Jehoram killed his six brothers. But God had said that David should not want a man to stand before him and to sit upon his throne, and no power of wickedness can prevent the fulfilment of His Word. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. Athaliah was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later queen regnant c. 841–835 BC. The prophet Elisha was no unknown person in the land. And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical,
What should she do? And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
The Ruthless Queen Athalia. Ahaziah, like Jehoram, was cut off. And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: A priest who puts Joash, the rightful king, on the throne, executes Athaliah, leads the people to make a covenant with God and Joash, and cleanses the Temple. Those who have worked among the fallen, and amongst thieves, have frequently noticed that the most reckless of women are anxious to save their children from the terrible life which they have lived, and they often hear it said by these lost mothers: "Do what you can to save my child."
