22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 3 of Judah. 4
1 tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”
2 tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”
3 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
4 tn Heb “house of Judah.”