12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
12 He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
12 And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
12 He was there with her, hidden away for six years in The Temple of God. Athaliah, oblivious to his existence, ruled the country.
12 And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
12 Joash remained hidden in the Temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 22:12
Chapter Contents
The reign of Ahaziah, Athaliah destroys the royal family.
The counsel of the ungodly ruins many young persons when they are setting out in the world. Ahaziah gave himself up to be led by evil men. Those who advise us to do wickedly, counsel us to our destruction; while they pretend to be friends, they are our worst enemies. See and dread the mischief of bad company. If not the infection, yet let the destruction be feared, Revelation 18:4. We have here, a wicked woman endeavouring to destroy the house of David, and a good woman preserving it. No word of God shall fall to the ground. The whole truth of the prophecies that the Messiah was to come from David, and thereby the salvation of the world, appeared to be now hung upon the brittle thread of the life of a single infant, to destroy whom was the interest of the reigning power. But God had purposed, and vain were the efforts of earth and hell.