4 When Je·hoʹram had taken control of the kingdom of his father, he strengthened his position by killing all his brothers+ with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

10 When Ath·a·liʹah,+ A·ha·ziʹah’s mother, saw that her son had died, she rose up and destroyed the entire royal line* of the house of Judah.+ 11 However, Je·ho·shabʹe·ath the daughter of the king took Je·hoʹash+ the son of A·ha·ziʹah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in an inner bedroom. Je·ho·shabʹe·ath the daughter of King Je·hoʹram+ (she was the wife of Je·hoiʹa·da+ the priest and a sister of A·ha·ziʹah) managed to keep him concealed from Ath·a·liʹah, so that she did not put him to death.+ 12 He remained with them for six years, hidden at the house of the true God, while Ath·a·liʹah was ruling over the land.