2 Kings 11
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
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.
4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
6And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
9And 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.
10And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
12And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
16And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
17And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85333× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442820× in this chapter
a king
- בַּיִתbayithH100419× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306811× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- בּוֹאbôwʼH93511× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- עַםʻamH59719× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מוּתmûwthH41918× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35487× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בֵּןbênH11216× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- עֲתַלְיָהʻĂthalyâhH62716× in this chapter
Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites
- רוּץrûwtsH73236× in this chapter
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
- שַׂרsarH82696× in this chapter
a head person (of any rank or class)
- יְהוֹיָדָעYᵉhôwyâdâʻH30775× in this chapter
Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33185× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39675× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- בֵּיןbêynH9965× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- לָקַחlâqachH39474× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- שַׁבָּתshabbâthH76764× in this chapter
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֲחַזְיָהʼĂchazyâhH2743× in this chapter
Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king
- אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41963× in this chapter
an altar
- מָלַךְmâlakH44273× in this chapter
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmerethH49313× in this chapter
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
- צָוָהtsâvâhH66803× in this chapter
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- שְׁלִישִׁיshᵉlîyshîyH79923× in this chapter
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
- שָׁמַרshâmarH81043× in this chapter
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81413× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- שַׁעַרshaʻarH81793× in this chapter
an opening, i.e. door or gate
- אֵתʼêthH8543× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- בַּעַלBaʻalH11682× in this chapter
Baal, a Phoenician deity
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12852× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)