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Encyclopedia Britannica



ATHALIAH

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 825 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ATHALIAH , in the Bible, the daughter of Ahab, and wife of Jehoram,
king
  of
Judah
 . After the death of
Ahaziah
 , her son, she usurped the
throne
  and reigned for six years. She is said to have massacred all the members of the royal
house
  of
Judah
  (2
Kings
  xi. 1-3), but a similar atrocity is also ascribed to Jehu (2
Kings
  x. 12-14); with both notices contrast 2 Chron. xxi. 17. The
sole
  survivor Joash was concealed in the temple by his aunt, Jehosheba, wife of the priest Jehoida (2 Chron. xxii. 11). These organized a revolution in favour of Joash, and caused Athaliah and her adherents to be put to death (2 Kings xi.; 2 Chron. xxii. 10-12, xxiii., xxiv. 7).
The story of Athaliah forms the subject of one of Ravine's best tragedies. It has been musically treated by
Handel
  and Mendelssohn.


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