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2 Chronicles 22:11

2 Chronicles 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 daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

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Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 22:10-12

We have here what we had before, Kg2 11:1, etc. 1. A wicked woman endeavouring to destroy the house of David, that she might set up a throne for herself upon the ruins of it. Athaliah barbarously cut…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jehoshabeath In Kings "Jehosheba." The two are forms of the same name; cp. "Elisabeth" (Luk 1:7) and "Elisheba" (Exo 6:23), a similar pair.

in a bedchamber R.V. mg., in the chamber for the beds, i.e.…