2 Kings 11 — Rabbi

2 Kings 11:1

וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙

ʻĂthalyâh

and — Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites אֵ֣ם

ʼêm

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ

ʼĂchazyâh

Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king וראתה

râʼâh

and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) רָאֲתָ֖ה

râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) כִּ֣י

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed מֵ֣ת

mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill בְּנָ֑הּ

bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) וַתָּ֨קָם֙

qûwm

and — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד

ʼâbad

and — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) אֵ֖ת

ʼêth

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) כָּל

kôl

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) זֶ֥רַע

zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity הַמַּמְלָכָֽה

mamlâkâh

the — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

2 Kings 11:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah [king of Judah] saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed

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A real shared narrative pattern - a usurper massacres the royal heirs to seize the throne, and one child survives hidden - honestly not a ph… all the royal offspring

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A real shared narrative pattern - a usurper massacres the royal heirs to seize the throne, and one child survives hidden - honestly not a ph….

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The same narrative pattern - a usurper's massacre of royal heirs, with one child hidden and surviving - though in different words.

2 Kings 11:1 · WEB

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

Judges 9:5 · WEB

He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

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“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah [king of Judah] saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.”

2 Kings 11:1

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