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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Athaliah (Queen living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, married into Judah's royal house. When her son Ahaziah was killed she took the throne and murdered nearly the whole royal family, the only woman to rule Judah in her own name. Six years later the priest Jehoiada brought out the infant Joash, who had survived, and she was executed.
Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, married into Judah's royal house. When her son Ahaziah was killed she took the throne and murdered nearly the whole royal family, the only woman to rule Judah in her own name. Six years later the priest Jehoiada brought out the infant Joash, who had survived, and she was executed.
Athaliah was Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, married into Judah's royal line, and when her son King Ahaziah was killed she seized the throne for herself by murdering nearly the entire royal family, the only woman to ever rule Judah in her own name. She reigned six years worshiping Baal in Jerusalem until the priest Jehoiada revealed that one grandson, the infant Joash, had survived, and staged a coup that ended with Athaliah's execution.
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- 2 Kings 8:26
- 2 Kings 11:1
- 2 Kings 11:2
- 2 Kings 11:3
- 2 Kings 11:13
- 2 Kings 11:14
- 2 Kings 11:20
- 2 Chronicles 22:2
- 2 Chronicles 22:10
- 2 Chronicles 22:11
- 2 Chronicles 22:12
- 2 Chronicles 23:12
- 2 Chronicles 23:13
- 2 Chronicles 23:21
- 2 Chronicles 24:7
