2 Kings 11 - Study the King James Bible

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

am 3120, bc 884
Athaliah: 2 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Chronicles 24:7
the mother: 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Kings 9:27
and destroyed: A similar history is related by Mr. Bruce, as having occurred in Abyssinia. Judith "surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole of the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;" while the infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal province, and afterwards restored. Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:39
seed royal: Heb. seed of the kingdom, 2 Kings 25:25, *marg. Jeremiah 41:1
Reciprocal: Judges 9:5 - slew 1 Kings 1:12 - the life 2 Kings 10:7 - slew seventy 2 Kings 10:14 - neither left 2 Kings 11:14 - Treason 2 Kings 12:1 - the seventh 2 Chronicles 18:1 - joined affinity Psalms 109:14 - let not Proverbs 14:1 - the foolish Isaiah 3:12 - children Isaiah 49:15 - they may Jeremiah 41:7 - slew Matthew 14:8 - Give

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.

Jehosheba: 2 Chronicles 22:11, Jehoshabeath
Joram: 2 Kings 8:16, Jehoram
Joash: 2 Kings 12:1, 2 Kings 12:2, Jehoash
they hid him: 2 Kings 8:19, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 7:6, Isaiah 7:7, Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 65:8, Isaiah 65:9, Jeremiah 33:17, Jeremiah 33:21, Jeremiah 33:26
in the bedchamber: Bachadar hammittoth, "in a chamber of beds;" which Sir J. Chardin thinks does not mean a room to sleep in, but a chamber used as a repository for beds; for, in the East, they sleep upon cotton mattresses, "of which they have several in great houses, against they should have occasion, and a room on purpose for them." 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:6, 1 Kings 6:8, 1 Kings 6:10, Jeremiah 35:2, Ezekiel 40:45
Reciprocal: Joshua 2:6 - hid them Judges 9:5 - slew 1 Kings 11:17 - Hadad 2 Kings 11:12 - he brought 2 Kings 11:14 - Treason Isaiah 49:15 - they may Jeremiah 41:7 - slew

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

am 3120-3126, bc 884-878
And Athaliah: 2 Chronicles 22:12, Psalms 12:8, Malachi 3:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:1 - the seventh Nehemiah 6:10 - the house

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

am 3126, bc 878
the seventh: 2 Chronicles 23:1-15
rulers: 2 Kings 11:9, 1 Chronicles 9:13
the captains: Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26
made a covenant: 2 Kings 11:17, 2 Kings 23:3, Joshua 24:25, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 23:18, 2 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 34:31, 2 Chronicles 34:32, Nehemiah 9:38
took an oath: Genesis 50:25, 1 Kings 18:10, Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah 10:29
Reciprocal: Numbers 4:3 - enter 2 Kings 11:12 - he brought 2 Kings 11:15 - captains 2 Kings 11:19 - took 2 Kings 11:21 - General 2 Kings 12:1 - the seventh 2 Kings 12:7 - Jehoiada 2 Kings 13:1 - three and twentieth year 1 Chronicles 12:27 - the leader

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

that enter: 1 Chronicles 9:25, 1 Chronicles 23:3-6, 1 Chronicles 23:32, 1 Chronicles 24:3-6, Luke 1:8, Luke 1:9
the watch: 2 Kings 11:19, 2 Kings 16:18, 1 Kings 10:5, Jeremiah 26:10, Ezekiel 44:2, Ezekiel 44:3, Ezekiel 46:2, Ezekiel 46:3
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:7 - go forth 2 Chronicles 23:5 - the king's house Luke 1:23 - the days

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 gate of Sur: 1 Chronicles 26:13-19, 2 Chronicles 23:4, 2 Chronicles 23:5
that it be not broken down: or, from breaking up
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 23:6 - they that minister

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

parts: or, companies, Heb. hands
go forth: 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Chronicles 23:6
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:25 - seven

And ye shall compass the king around 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.

he that cometh: 2 Kings 11:15, Exodus 21:14, 1 Kings 2:28-31, 2 Chronicles 23:7
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:11 - every man 2 Chronicles 23:14 - whoso followeth her

And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

the captains: 2 Kings 11:4, 1 Chronicles 26:26, 2 Chronicles 23:8
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:15 - captains 1 Chronicles 9:19 - over the host 1 Chronicles 12:27 - the leader 2 Chronicles 23:7 - the Levites 2 Chronicles 23:20 - the captains

10.

And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

king David's spears: Josephus states that, for fear of creating suspicion, they came unarmed, "and Jehoiada having opened the arsenal in the temple which David had prepared, he divided among the centurions, priests, and Levites, the spears - arrows and quivers, and all other kinds of weapons which he found there." 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 8:7, 1 Chronicles 26:26, 1 Chronicles 26:27, 2 Chronicles 5:1, 2 Chronicles 23:9, 2 Chronicles 23:10
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:11 - every man 2 Kings 11:14 - the princes 2 Kings 11:15 - captains 2 Chronicles 23:20 - the captains

11.

And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

every man: 2 Kings 11:8, 2 Kings 11:10
corner: Heb. shoulder
by the altar: Exodus 40:6, 2 Chronicles 6:12, Ezekiel 8:16, Joel 2:17, Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:51
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:34 - officers 2 Kings 11:14 - the princes 2 Chronicles 23:10 - side of the temple

12.

And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

he brought: 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Kings 11:4, 2 Chronicles 23:11
put the crown: 2 Samuel 1:10, 2 Samuel 12:30, Esther 2:17, Esther 6:8, Psalms 21:3, Psalms 89:39, Psalms 132:18, Matthew 27:29, Hebrews 2:9, Revelation 19:12
the testimony: Exodus 25:16, Exodus 31:18, Deuteronomy 17:18-20, Psalms 78:5, Isaiah 8:16, Isaiah 8:20
anointed him: 2 Kings 9:3, 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 2:7, 2 Samuel 5:3, 1 Kings 1:39, Lamentations 4:20, Acts 4:27, 2 Corinthians 1:21, Hebrews 1:9
and they clapped: Wyyakkoo kaph, "they clapped the hand," which Mr. Harmer thinks was similar to the mode in which Oriental females express their respect for persons of high rank, by gently applying one of their hands to their mouth. So Pitts relates, that in some of the towns of Barbary, the leaders of the sacred caravan being received with loud acclamations, "the very women get upon the tops of the houses to view the parade, or fine show, where they keep striking their four fingers on their lips, as fast as they can, making a joyful noise all the while." Psalms 47:1, Psalms 98:8, Isaiah 55:12
and said: 1 Kings 1:34, Psalms 72:15-17, Daniel 3:9, Daniel 6:21, Matthew 21:9
God save the king: Heb. Let the king live, 1 Samuel 10:24, 2 Samuel 16:16,*marg.
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:34 - officers 1 Kings 1:25 - God save king Adonijah Galatians 4:1 - That

13.

And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:12-15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:26 - Athaliah

14.

And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

Numbers 10:1-10
stood: The Orientals considered a seat by a pillar or column as particularly honourable.
a pillar: 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 34:31
the princes: 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Kings 11:11
all the people: 1 Kings 1:39, 1 Kings 1:40, 1 Chronicles 12:40, Proverbs 29:2, Luke 19:37, Revelation 19:1-7
Treason: 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Kings 9:23, 1 Kings 18:17, 1 Kings 18:18
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:34 - blow ye 1 Kings 8:22 - stood before the altar 2 Kings 5:7 - that he rent 2 Kings 11:20 - rejoiced 2 Chronicles 6:12 - he stood 2 Chronicles 30:16 - after their manner

15.

But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

captains: 2 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 11:9, 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Chronicles 23:9, 2 Chronicles 23:14
Have: Ezekiel 21:14
followeth: 2 Kings 11:8
Let: Ezekiel 9:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:14 - take him 2 Kings 11:20 - slew Athaliah 1 Chronicles 9:19 - over the host Jeremiah 29:26 - officers Luke 22:52 - captains

16.

And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

by the which: 2 Chronicles 23:15
there was she slain: Genesis 9:6, Judges 1:7, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13, Revelation 16:5-7
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 3:28 - the horse Jeremiah 31:40 - unto

17.

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.

made a covenant: 2 Kings 11:4, Deuteronomy 5:2, Deuteronomy 5:3, Deuteronomy 29:1-15, Joshua 24:25, 2 Chronicles 15:12-14, 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 34:31, Ezra 10:3, Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah 5:13, Nehemiah 9:38, Nehemiah 10:28, Nehemiah 10:29, 2 Corinthians 8:5
between the king: 1 Samuel 10:25, 2 Samuel 5:3, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Chronicles 23:16, Romans 13:1-6
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:12 - thou shouldest 2 Kings 21:24 - made Josiah 2 Kings 23:3 - stood 2 Chronicles 23:3 - made a covenant Jeremiah 11:2 - General Jeremiah 34:8 - had

18.

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

went: 2 Kings 9:25-28, 2 Kings 10:26, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:4-6, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Kings 23:14, 2 Chronicles 23:17, 2 Chronicles 34:4, 2 Chronicles 34:7
brake they: 2 Kings 18:4, Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 12:3, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Isaiah 2:18, Zechariah 13:2
slew Mattan: Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:9, 1 Kings 18:40, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:3
appointed: 2 Chronicles 23:18-20
officers: Heb. offices
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:16 - Baal 2 Kings 23:20 - he slew Jeremiah 29:26 - officers

19.

And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

took: 2 Kings 11:4-11
by the way: 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 23:19
he sat: 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Chronicles 29:23, Jeremiah 17:25, Jeremiah 22:4, Jeremiah 22:30, Matthew 19:28, Matthew 25:31
Reciprocal: Genesis 36:30 - dukess in the 1 Chronicles 9:18 - the king's 2 Chronicles 23:17 - slew Mattan 2 Chronicles 23:20 - the captains

20.

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.

rejoiced: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:21, Proverbs 11:10, Proverbs 29:2
slew Athaliah: 2 Kings 11:15
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:40 - rejoiced 1 Chronicles 12:40 - there was joy

21.

Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 22:1, 2 Chronicles 24:1-14
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:1 - the seventh 2 Kings 13:1 - three and twentieth year 1 Chronicles 3:11 - Joash