עֲתַלְיָהʻĂthalyâh

Meanings

Same root

• עַתְלַיʻAthlay · H6270Athlai, an Israelite
• יָהּYâhh · H3050Jah, the sacred name

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

• 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
• 2 Kings 11:1 When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of the royal family.
• 2 Kings 11:2 But Ahaziah’s sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king’s children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom, and they hid him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.
• 2 Kings 11:3 Joash remained hidden in the Temple of the Lord for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
• 2 Kings 11:13 When Athaliah heard the noise made by the palace guards and the people, she hurried to the Lord’s Temple to see what was happening.
• 2 Kings 11:14 When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place of authority by the pillar, as was the custom at times of coronation. The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”