The Meaning of 2 Kings 11:3 Explained

2 Kings 11:3

KJV: And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

YLT: and he is with her, in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself, six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

Darby: And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

ASV: And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he was with her hid  in the house  of the LORD  six  years.  And Athaliah  did reign  over the land. 

What does 2 Kings 11:3 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 11:1-12 - Crowning The Boy-King
Athaliah well deserves the title given her in 2 Chronicles 24:7. She usurped the throne, and played in Judah the part of her mother Jezebel. Joram was a wicked man and a bad king, but he recognized the value of piety, and chose the good priest Jehoiada as the husband of his daughter. The husband neutralized the evil influences of his wife's upbringing and led her into a noble and useful career, the chief episode of which was the rescue of the youngest son of Ahaziah. His nurse and he were hidden in a room where the mattresses were kept in case of a sudden influx of priests at festal times. Is not this hidden king a type of the hiding of the true Prince in the recesses of our hearts, while some Athaliah occupies too large a share of government? There is no alternative but that the evil self-life, our Athaliah, should be stoned.
It was a glad moment when the hidden prince was produced. Many loyal hearts had renounced all hope of again seeing a scion of David's line. But God kept His promise. The Word of God was a befitting gift to place in the hands of the young prince, 2 Kings 11:12. Compare Deuteronomy 17:18-19. But what a revelation will it be when Jesus assumes the government of the earth, and its kingdoms become the kingdom of God and His Christ! He is now hidden, but He shall be manifested, Colossians 3:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 11

1  Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre,
3  is hidden six years in the house of God
13  Jehoiada, giving order to the captains, in the seventh year anoints him king
17  Jehoiada restores the worship of God

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 11:3 mean?

So he was with her in the house of Yahweh hidden six for years And while Athaliah reigned over the land -
וַיְהִ֤י אִתָּהּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה מֹלֶ֥כֶת עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ פ

וַיְהִ֤י  So  he  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
אִתָּהּ֙  with  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
בֵּ֣ית  in  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִתְחַבֵּ֖א  hidden 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָבָא  
Sense: to withdraw, hide.
שֵׁ֣שׁ  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
שָׁנִ֑ים  for  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה  And  while  Athaliah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲתַלְיָה 
Sense: son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin.
מֹלֶ֥כֶת  reigned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הָאָֽרֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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