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Athaliah

Athaliah

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Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the queen of Judah who seized the throne and reigned for six years, known for her violent usurpation and eventual overthrow.

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Where Athaliah appears

17 verses across 4 books.

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Verses mentioning Athaliah

  • 1Chr 8:26 — And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
  • 2Chr 22:2 — Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
  • 2Chr 22:10 — But 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.
  • 2Chr 22:11 — But 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 dau
  • 2Chr 22:12 — And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
  • 2Chr 23:12 — Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
  • 2Chr 23:13 — And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the
  • 2Chr 23:21 — And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
  • 2Chr 24:7 — For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
  • 2Kgs 8:26 — Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
  • 2Kgs 11:1 — And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
  • 2Kgs 11:2 — 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 which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
  • 2Kgs 11:3 — And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
  • 2Kgs 11:13 — And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
  • 2Kgs 11:14 — 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 Athalia
  • 2Kgs 11:20 — 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.
  • Ezra 8:7 — And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
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The Church Fathers on Athaliah

Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Athaliah.

While these things were happening in the temple, Athaliah, being alarmed by the shouts of the gathering people and by the noise of the crowds, ran to the temple. But while she was trying to restrain the riot with her presence and voice, she was arrested by the guards of the king and was brought outside the walls of the temple, where…

Athaliah exterminated all the royal children. In fact, after her son had been killed by Jehu, she had conceived an extremely perfidious and vicious scheme, saying to herself with anger, "I will reign just the same against the will of God by fighting God's promises, and I will make the posterity of David's house perish, as the…

Historic voices touch this life

18 passages from 6 historic works cite verses that mention Athaliah.