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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 22:11 (NET)

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22:11 So Jehoshabeath , the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed . She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram , wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah , hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

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