2 Kings 11:1
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
Note seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Athaliah
- A.M. 3120. B.C.884.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 24:7
- the mother
- 2 Kings 8:26; 2 Kings 9:27
- and destroyed
- A similar history is related by Mr. Bruce, as having occurred in Abyssinia. Judith "surprised the rock Damo, and slew the whole of the princes, to the number, it is said, of about 400;" while the infant king, Del Naad, was conveyed for safety to a loyal province, and afterwards restored.
- Matthew 2:13, 16; Matthew 21:38, 39
- seed royal
- Heb. seed of the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1