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Athaliah and Joash

2 Kings 11:1

In 11 translations

BSB
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
KJV
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom
WEB
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
ASV
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
LSV
And Athaliah [is] mother of Ahaziah, and she has seen that her son [is] dead, and she rises, and destroys all the seed of the kingdom;
YLT
And Athaliah [is] mother of Ahaziah, and she hath seen that her son [is] dead, and she riseth, and destroyeth all the seed of the kingdom;
DBY
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and destroyed all the royal seed.
DRC
And Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the royal seed.
GNV
Then Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah when she saw that her sonne was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the Kings seede.
JPS
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
LXXE
And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal.Gr. seed of the kingdom.

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  • Written (Ketiv): וְרָאֲתָה (“and she saw”). Read aloud (Qere): רָאֲתָ֖ה (“she saw”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads ורָאֲתָ֖ה; read aloud (Qere) reads רָאֲתָ֖ה (“she saw”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙ אֵ֣ם אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ וראתה כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת בְּנָ֑הּ וַתָּ֨קָם֙ וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־זֶ֥רַע הַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): רָאֲתָ֖ה
LXX-Br
Καὶ Γοθολία ἡ μήτηρ Ὀχοζίου εἶδεν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπώλεσε πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα τῆς βασιλείας.

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👤 Ahaziah👤 Athaliah◆ Reign of Athaliah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 41:1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal…
  • 2 Chronicles 22:10–12When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him…
  • 2 Kings 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were…
  • Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
  • 2 Chronicles 24:7For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
  • 2 Kings 8:26Ahaziah 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.
  • Matthew 21:38–39But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
  • 2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to…
  • Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child…

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