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Joash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ, Yəhōʾāš, "Yah-given"; Greek: Ιωας; Latin: Ioas), also known as Joash (in King James Version), Joas (in Douay–Rheims) or Joás (Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ, Yōʾāš), [1] was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, 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. However, according to 2 Kings 11:2, Jehosheba saved from the massacre her infant nephew Jehoash, Ahaziah's son and Athaliah's grandson:
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]
Two recent high school graduates, a Princeton football star, a young mother and a father of two were among the victims killed in New Orleans when a terrorist rammed his truck into a crowd on the ...
A Connecticut man who allegedly killed a woman and her infant son in November targeted the woman because she owed him $400 for renting a vehicle of his, arrest reports said on Monday.
Taterea McGuire, a 32-year-old mother of four, was found shot to death in Fort Worth after she was reported missing. Her boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to an affidavit.
Jehoiada's name does not appear in the list of the Zadokite dynasty in 1 Chronicles 5:30–40 (6:4-15 in other translations).. Josephus mentions Jehoiada as "high priest in his Jewish Antiquities Book 9, Chapter 7," [3] "How Athaliah reigned over Jerusalem for five [six] years, when Jehoiada the high priest slew her."
A young mother who was killed after she was knocked off an e-bike in a hit-and-run crash has been named.. Alana Armstrong, 25, was riding on the back of the bike on Tuesday evening after being ...