Guiding Questions: II Kings 11

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

We have just finished the narrative of Jehu’s usurping of the throne of Israel and the purge he performed against Baal. Now we return to our discussion of the Kingdom of Judah. Pay attention to the ways in which this is clearly a continuation of the themes that were begun in the previous chapters.
The people gave the king’s son the crown and the testimony, as they anointed him king. Read Deuteronomy 17:19 to confirm exactly what this “testimony” was.
What was Atalyah’s relationship to the King?
Notice the Hebrew for the word “palace” in II Kings 11:16. How do you think the English translation was derived?

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