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Gustave Doré, The Death of Athaliah.. Accounts of Athaliah’s life are found in 2 Kings 8:16–11:16 and 2 Chronicles 22:10–23:15 in the Hebrew Bible.According to the chroniclers, she was the daughter of king Omri of Israel; [1] however, she is usually considered to have been the daughter of King Ahab – the son of Omri – and his wife, Queen Jezebel. [2]
Jehoram took to wife Athaliah, his namesake's sister and daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, "and he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab" (II Kings viii. 18, 27). His wickedness would have brought his people to destruction, except for the promise to David "to give him always a light, and to his children" (ib. viii. 19 ...
Athalia, daughter of King Ahab of Israel and Queen Jezebel, had been married to Jehoram, King of Judah. After her husband's death, Athalia was determined to stamp out the Jewish line of kings descended from David. She caused, so she believed, all the heirs to the throne to be murdered.
She was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah, sister to King Ahaziah of Judah and wife of Jehoiada the priest. She was a daughter of Jehoram, but not necessarily of Athaliah. After the death of Ahaziah, his mother, Athaliah, made herself Queen of Judah and ordered the execution of all members of the royal family that could claim the throne.
Royal names (Jehoram, Ahaziah, Athaliah) were theophoric and referred to Yahweh. [9] [10] But there is evidence that "Baal" does not refer to Yahweh, based on Jezebel's royal seal and personal background. Despite this, the Omrides promoted Yahweh by integrating imagery from the Ugaritic Baal and Baal-Shamem, which the later biblical prophets ...
Jehoram (meaning "Jehovah is exalted" in Biblical Hebrew) was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh. The female version of this name is Athaliah . The son of Toi, King of Hamath who was sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Samuel 8:10)
The only time a woman held higher office was in the case of Athaliah, who usurped the throne of Judah. To further complicate matters, the word gəḇereṯ ( גְּבֶרֶת ; also גְּבִרְת gəḇirət and גְבָרֶת gəḇāreṯ , meaning 'lady', 'mistress', or 'queen') occurs nine times in the Masoretic Text .
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