2 Chronicles 22 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 22:10

But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 22:10 in other translations

BSB	When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
WEB	Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.
ASV	Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
YLT	And Athaliah mother of Ahaziah hath seen that her son is dead, and she riseth and destroyeth the whole seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.
DARBY	And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and exterminated all the royal seed of the house of Judah.
BBE	Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom of Judah put to death.
Webster	But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 22:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. Athaliah ... arose and destroyed all the seed royal--(See on 2Ki 11:1-3). Maddened by the massacre of the royal family of Ahab, she resolved that the royal house of David should have the same fate. Knowing the commission which Jehu had received to extirpate the whole of Ahab's posterity, she expected that he would extend his sword to her. Anticipating his movements, she resolved, as her only defense and security, to usurp the throne and destroy "the seed royal," both because they were hostile to the Phoenician worship of Baal, which she was determined to uphold, and because, if one of the young princes became king, his mother would supersede Athaliah in the dignity of queen mother.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 All the seed royal of the house of Judah - Nothing but the miraculous intervention of the Divine providence could have saved the line of David at this time, and preserved the prophecy relative to the Messiah. The whole truth of that prophecy, and the salvation of the world, appeared to be now suspended on the brittle thread of the life of an infant of a year old, (see 2Chr 24:1), to destroy whom was the interest of the reigning power! But God can save by few as well as by many. He had purposed, and vain were the counter-exertions of earth and hell.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 22:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙va.'a.tal.Ya.huand AthaliahH6271

אֵ֣ם'em[the] mother ofH517

אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274

רָאֲתָ֖הra.'a.Tahshe sawH7200

כִּ֣יkithatH3588

מֵ֣תmethe was deadH4191

בְּנָ֑הּbe.Nahson herH1121

וַתָּ֗קָםva.Ta.komand she aroseH6965

וַתְּדַבֵּ֛רva.te.da.Berand she destroyedH1696

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

זֶ֥רַעZe.ra'[the] offspring ofH2233

הַמַּמְלָכָ֖הha.mam.la.Khah<the> royaltyH4467

לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitof [the] house ofH1004

יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 22:10

2 Kings 11:1-3
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
2 Chronicles 22:2-4
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Athaliah.
2-4; 2Ki 11:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Chronicles 22:9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 22:10
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
2 Chronicles 22:11
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

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2 Chronicles 22:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entonces Athalía madre de Ochôzías, viendo que su hijo era muerto, levantóse y destruyó toda la simiente real de la casa de Judá.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Or Athalie, mère d’Achazia, vit que son fils était mort, et elle se leva et extermina toute la semence royale de la maison de Juda.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und als Athalja, die Mutter Ahasjas, sah, daß ihr Sohn tot war, da machte sie sich auf und brachte allen königlichen Samen vom Hause Juda um.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	siquidem Athalia mater ejus, videns quod mortuus esset filius suus, surrexit, et interfecit omnem stirpem regiam domus Joram.