Athaliah

The first 10 of 15 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 8:26

  Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

• 2 Kings 11:1

  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

• 2 Kings 11:2

  But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

• 2 Kings 11:3

  And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

• 2 Kings 11:13

  When Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.

• 2 Kings 11:14

  And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

• 2 Kings 11:20

  and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 22:2

  Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

• 2 Chronicles 22:10

  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 22:11

  But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

Events the dataset lists Athaliah as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 886 BC
   Reign of Athaliah2 Kings 11:1–3 · at Jerusalem

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.