Passage Research
2 Kings 11 — Sermon Preparation
Athaliah seizes the throne and massacres the royal family, but the priest Jehoiada hides the infant Joash and eventually crowns him king, executing Athaliah. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 11 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲתַלְיָה | ʻĂthalyâh | H6271 | 6 | Athaljah |
| רוּץ | rûwts | H7323 | 6 | run, rush |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 9 | people, tribe |
| יְהוֹיָדָע | Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ | H3077 | 5 | Jehojada |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 7 | officiating, priest |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 7 | die, kill |
| שַׂר | sar | H8269 | 6 | head |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one another, they expressed mutual readiness to help each other. The people rejoiced, and Jerusalem was quiet. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 11:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sur— 2 Kgs 11:6
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