Geneva Bible Notes (1560)2 Kings 11

^{1 !} Athaliah putteth to death all the Kings sonnes, except Joash the sonne of Ohozia.

^{1 a} Meaning all the posteritie of Jehoshaphat, to whome the kingdome apperteined, thus God vsed the crueltie of this woman to destroy the whole familie of Ahab.

^{2 c} Where the Priests did lye.

^{2 b} The Lord promesed to mainteine the famlie of Dauid and not to quenche the light thereof: therefore he moued the heart of Jehosheba to preserue him.

^{4 !} Joash is appointed King.

^{4 d} The chief Priest Jehoshebas housband

^{5 e} Of the Leuites, which had charge of the keping of the Temple and kept watche by course.

^{5 f} That none shulde come vpon them while they were crowning the King.

^{6 /} Or that none breake his ordre.

^{6 g} Called the East gate of the Temple.

^{7 h} Whose charge is ended.

^{9 i} Read vers 5 and 7.

^{10 k} To wit, Jehoiada.

^{12 m} Meaning, the Lawe of God which is his chief charge & whereby onely his throne is established.

^{12 l} That is, Joash, which had bene kept secret six yeres.

^{14 n} Where the Kings place was in the Temple.

^{15 o} To take her parte.

^{15 !} Jehoiada causeth Athaliah to be slaine.

^{15 /} Or, our of the Temple.

^{17 p} That bothe the King and the people shulde mainteine the true worship of God and destroy all idolatrie.

^{17 q} That he shulde gouerne, and they obey in the fear of God.

^{17 !} He maketh a couenant betwene God and the people.

^{18 r} Euen in the place where he had blasphemed God and thoght to haue bene holpen by his idole, there God powred his vengeance vpon him.

^{18 !} Baal and his priests are destroyed.

^{18 s} To wit, Jehoiada.

^{20 t} Which by her crueltie & persecucion had vexed the whole land before.