2 Kings 11:2

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Summary

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 bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

They hid him

In the bed-chamber

1 Kings 6:5

Jeremiah 35:2

Ezekiel 40:45

Bible References

They hid him

However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”

‘For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

Thus says the Lord,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order not to destroy all of them.

For thus says the Lord, ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

In the bed-chamber

Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around.

“Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.”

He said to me, “This is the chamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who keep charge of the temple;