2 Kings 11:3
“And he was with her hidde in the House of the Lord, sixe yeeres: and Athaliah did reigne ouer the land.”
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2 Kings 11:3 Context
1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah sawe that her sonne was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed royall. 2But Iehosheba the daughter of king Ioram, sister of Ahaziah, tooke Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale him from among the Kings sonnes which were slaine; and they hid him, euen him and his nurse in the bed-chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slaine. 3And he was with her hidde in the House of the Lord, sixe yeeres: and Athaliah did reigne ouer the land. 4¶ And the seuenth yeere Iehoiada sent and fet the rulers ouer hundreds, with the captains, and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a couenant with them, and tooke an othe of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the Kings sonne. 5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that yee shall doe; A third part of you that enter in on the Sabbath, shall euen be keepers of the watch of the kings house:
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And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
- King James Version
So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)