^{1 Ref} And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

^{2 Ref} 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.