SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Chronicles 22:11

22:11a But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah
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However, Jehosheba who was a daughter of King Jehoram secretly took ⌊the baby⌋ Joash, the son of King Ahaziah.

22:11b and stole him away from among the sons of the king

away from the other sons
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She rescued him away from the king’s other children

22:11c who were being murdered,

who were about to be executed.
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whom Athaliah was about to kill.

22:11d and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom.

She put Joash in a bedroom in the house with his nurse.
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She put him in a bedroom with a woman to take care of him.

22:11e Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram

Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram
-or-
In this way, Jehosheba,

22:11f and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister,

and the wife of the priest Jehoiada, and Ahaziah’s sister.
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the wife of Jehoiada the priest, and the sister of King Ahaziah,

22:11g she hid Joash from Athaliah

She hid the child from Athaliah
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hid Joash from Athaliah,

22:11h so that she could not kill him.

so that she would not kill him.
-or-
and Athaliah did not murder him.

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