“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…”
Ishodad of Merv, 9th c. — BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 11:1
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1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
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— 2 Kings 11:1 —
2But 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.
3And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.