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.
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Interpretation
Athaliah destroyed all she knew to be akin to the crown. Jehoash, one of the king's sons, was hid.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 11:9-12.
Glossary
- Jehoiada Person
- Jehovah-known. (1. ) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors ( 2 Sam. 8:18 ; 20:23 ). (2. ) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah.