Women of the Bible Athaliah
To get the
full picture of Athaliah we are going to look at her family as well.
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Athaliah's
Grandfather
Who was
Athaliah's grandfather? 2 Kings 8:26 _______________________
What country
was Omri king of? 2 Kings 8:26 _______________________
How did Omri
become king? I Kings 16:16-22 _______________________
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How long did
Omri reign? I Kings 16:23 ____________________________
What city did
Omri establish? I Kings 16:24 _________________________
What did Omri
do in the eyes of the Lord? I Kings 16:25 _______________
To what
extent did Omri do evil? I Kings 16:25 _______________________
Whose ways
did Omri walk in? I Kings 16:26 _________________________
How did
Jeroboam make Israel sin and provoke the Lord? I Kings 16:26
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Where else
are the acts of Omri written? I Kings 16:27 _________________
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Where was
Omri buried? I Kings 16:28 ______________________________
Athaliah's
Father
Who reigned
after Omri? I Kings 16:28 ______________________________
What relation
was Ahab to Omri? I Kings 16:28 _______________________
How long did
Ahab reign over Israel in Samaria? I Kings 16:29 ___________
What did Ahab
do in the eyes of the Lord? I Kings 16:30 ________________
To what
extent did Ahab do evil? I Kings 16:30 ________________________
What was as a light or trivial thing for Ahab? I Kings 16:31
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Who did Ahab
marry? I Kings 16:21 ________________________________
What did Ahab
build in Samaria? I Kings 16:32 _______________________
You can read
more about what Ahab did in I Kings 17-22.
Some of this
was covered in the Bible study on Jezebel.
Athaliah's Husband
Which of Jehoshaphat's sons reigned after Jehoshaphat
died? 2 Chron. 21:1
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Why did the kingdom go to Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:2-3
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Who did Jehoram kill? 2 Chron. 21:4
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Why did he kill them? 2 Chron. 21:4
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How old was Jehoram when he became king? 2 Chron. 21:5
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How long did he reign? 2 Chron. 21:5
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Whose ways did he walk in? 2 Chron. 21:6
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Why did he walk in the way of the house of Ahab? 2 Chron.
21:6 _____________
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(The daughter of Ahab that he married was Athaliah, the
mother of his son Ahaziah.)
In whose eyes did Jehoram do evil? 2 Chron. 21:6
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Why didn't God destroy Jehoram and his descendants? 2
Chron. 21:7
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Why did the Libnah revolt against Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:10
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What did Jehoram make in the mountains of Judah? 2 Chron.
21:11 __________
Who did Jehoram cause to commit fornication? 2 Chron.
21:11 ______________
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Whose ways did Elijah say Jehoram had not walked in? 2
Chron. 21:12 ________
Whose ways did Elijah say Jehoram walked in? 2 Chron.
21:13 _______________
What did Jehoram cause the people of Judah and Jerusalem
to do? 2 Chron. 21:13
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How did Elijah describe Jehoram's brothers? 2 Chron. 21:13
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What was God's judgment on Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:14
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What kind of sickness would Jehoram have? 2 Chron. 21:15
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Who did the Lord stir up against Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:16
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What was carried away from the king's house? 2 Chron.
21:17 ________________
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Who was the only son left? 2 Chron. 21:17
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(Note: called Ahaziah in 2 Chron. 22:1)
What kind of disease did Jehoram have? 2 Chron. 21:18
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What happened to Jehoram's bowels after 2 years? 2 Chron.
21:19 ____________
When Jehoram died what didn't the people do like they did
for his fathers? 2 Chron.
21:19
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How did Jehoram depart? 2 Chron. 21:20
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Where did they bury Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:20
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Where didn't they bury Jehoram? 2 Chron. 21:20
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Athaliah's
Son
Who made
Ahaziah king? 2 Chron. 22:1 __________________________________
Why was
Ahaziah, the youngest son, made king? 2 Chron. 22:1 _______________
Whose son was
Ahaziah? 2 Chron. 22:1 __________________________________
What country
was Ahaziah king over? 2 Chron. 22:1 ________________________
How old was
Ahaziah when he became king? 2 Chron. 22:2 __________________
How long did
Ahaziah reign in Jerusalem? 2 Chron. 22:2 ____________________
Who was
Ahaziah's mother? 2 Chron. 22:2 _______________________________
Whose
granddaughter was Athaliah? 2 Chron. 22:2 ________________________
How did
Ahaziah walk? 2 Chron. 22:3 ___________________________________
Who advised
him to do wickedly? 2 Chron. 22:3 ___________________________
Who did he do
evil in the sight of the Lord like? 2 Chron. 22:4 ________________
Who were his
counselors after the death of his father? 2 Chron. 22:4 __________
Where did
their counsel lead him? 2 Chron. 22:4 __________________________
Whose son-in-law,
was he? 2 Kings 8:27 ________________________________
Whose advice
did he follow when he went with Jehoram to war? 2 Chron. 22:5
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Whose son was
Jehoram? 2 Chron. 22:5 _________________________________
Who were they
going to war against? 2 Chron. 22:5 ________________________
Who was
wounded? 2 Chron. 22:5 ______________________________________
Who did
Ahaziah go to see in Jezreel? 2 Chron. 22:6 ________________________
Why did
Ahaziah go to see Joram? 2 Chron. 22:6 ___________________________
What was
God's occasion for Ahaziah visiting Joram? 2 Chron. 22:7 ____________
Who did the
two kings go to meet? 2 Chron. 22:7 __________________________
What had the
Lord anointed Jehu to do? 2 Chron. 22:7 _________________
Who did Jehu
meet and kill while executing judgment on the house of Ahab?
2 Chron. 22:8
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Where did
Joram and Ahaziah meet Jehu? 2 Kings 9:21 _________________
Why could
there be no peace? 2 Kings 9:22 __________________________
What did
Joram call out to Ahaziah as he fled? 2 Kings 9:23 _____________
How did Jehu
kill Joram? 2 Kings 9:24 ______________________________
Where was
Joram's body thrown? 2 Kings 9:25 _______________________
According to
whose word was Joram thrown on Naboth's plot? 2 Kings 9:26
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What did
Ahaziah do? 2 Kings 9:27 ________________________________
Who did Jehu
search for? 2 Chron. 22:9 _____________________________
Where was
Ahaziah hiding? 2 Chron. 22:9 ___________________________
What did Jehu
instruct his men to do? 2 Kings 9:27 ____________________
What happened
to Ahaziah at Megiddo? 2 Kings 9:27 ___________________
Where was
Ahaziah buried? 2 Kings 9:28 _____________________________
Why was
Ahaziah buried instead of eaten by dogs or birds? 2 Chron. 22:9
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What did Jehoshaphat
do with all his heart? 2 Chron. 22:9 ________________
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Athaliah
What did
Athaliah do when she saw that Ahaziah her son was dead? 2 Kings 11:1
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What
relationship were the people she killed to her? 2 Kings 11:1 _____________
Whose daughter
was Jehosheba? 2 Kings 11:2 ____________________________
Whose sister
was Jehosheba? 2 Kings 11:2 _______________________________
In 2
Chronicles 22:11 her name is spelled differently, but it is the same person.
Who was Jehoshabeath's
husband? 2 Chron. 22:11 ________________________
What did
Jehosheba do with Joash the son of Ahaziah? 2 Kings 11:2 ___________
Where did
Jehosheba hide Joash and his nurse? 2 Kings 11:2 _________________
Why did
Jehosheba hide Joash? 2 Kings 11:2 ___________________________
How long did
Jehosheba hide Joash? 2 Kings 11:3 _______________________
What was
Athaliah doing at this time? 2 Kings 11:3 ______________________
Who did
Jehoiada bring together in the 7th year? 2 Kings 11:4 _____________
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Where did he
bring them together? 2 Kings 11:4 _________________________
What did he
make with the men? 2 Kings 11:4 ___________________________
Who did he
show to the men? 2 Kings 11:4 ______________________________
Whose sons
were to reign according to the Lord? 2 Chron. 23:3 ______________
Who was to be
keeping watch over the doors? 2 Chron. 23:4 ________________
Where were
the people to be? 2 Chron. 23:5 _____________________________
Who were the
only ones to come into the house of the Lord? 2 Chron. 23:6
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Why could the
priests and Levites go into the house of the Lord? 2 Chron. 23:6
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What were the
people to keep? 2 Chron. 23:6 ____________________________
Who was to
surround the king? 2 Chron. 23:7 ____________________________
What was to
happen to anyone who came into the house of the Lord that wasn't a
priest or a
Levite or the king? 2 Chron. 23:7
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Did the
Levites and all Judah do what Jehoiada the priest told them? 2 Chron. 23:8
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How many of
them would keep watch over the king's house on the Sabbath? 2
Kings 11:5
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How many of
them would be at the gate of Sur? 2 Kings 11:6 _________________
How many of
them would be at the gate behind the guard? 2 Kings 11:6 ________
What would
two parts of them do on the Sabbath? 2 Kings 11:7 _______________
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What were
they to do for the king? 2 Kings 11:8 ___________________________
Did the
captains do what Jehoiada asked? 2 Kings 11:9 ______________________
What did the
priest give to the captains? 2 Kings 11:10 ______________________
Who had the spears and shields belonged to? 2 Kings 11:11
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How did the
men stand? 2 Kings 11:11 __________________________________
Who did the
men surround? 2 Kings 11:11 _______________________________
What was put
on the king's son? 2 Kings 11:12 ____________________________
What was the
king's son given? 2 Kings 11:12 __________________________
What was done
to the king's son? 2 Kings 11:12 ___________________________
How did the
people respond? 2 Kings 11:12 _______________________________
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What did
Athaliah hear? 2 Kings 11:13 ___________________________________
Where did Athaliah
come? 2 Kings 11:13 _________________________________
What did
Athaliah see? 2 Kings 11:14, ___________________________________
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How did
Athaliah respond to seeing her grandson crowned king? 2 Kings 11:14
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What did Jehoiada
command be done? 2 Kings 11:15 _______________________
Who else was
to be slain? 2 Kings 11:15 __________________________________
Where was
Athaliah not to be slain? 2 Kings 11:15 __________________________
Where did
they take her to be killed? 2 Kings 11:16 _________________________
Who did
Jehoiada make a covenant between? 2 Kings 11:17 __________________
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What was the
covenant? 2 Kings 11:17 __________________________________
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Where did all
the people of the land go? 2 Kings 11:18 ______________________
What did the
people tear down? 2 Kings 11:18 ____________________________
What was done
to the priest of Baal? 2 Kings 11:18 _________________________
What did the
priest appoint officers over? 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Chron. 23:18 ________
Where was the
king taken? 2 Kings 11:19 _________________________________
Where did the
king sit? 2 Kings 11:19 ____________________________________
What did the
people of the land do? 2 Kings 11:20 __________________________
What was the
state of the city? 2 Kings 11:20 _____________________________
Why was the
city quiet? 2 Kings 11:20_______________________________
Athaliah's Grandson - Joash
We already
looked at 2 Chron. 22 -23 and how Joash was rescued and raised by his
aunt and was
crowned king.
How old was
Joash when he became king? 2 Chron. 24:1 __________________
How long did
Joash reign? 2 Chron. 24:1 _______________________________
Where did
Joash reign? 2 Chron. 24:1__________________________________
What was
Joash's mother's name? 24:1 ________________________________
When did
Joash do right in the sight of the Lord? 2 Chron. 24:2 _____________
How many
wives did Joash have? 2 Chron. 24:3 __________________________
Who took
wives for Joash? 2 Chron. 24:3 ________________________________
What did
Joash determine to do? 2 Chron. 24:4
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What did
Joash tell the priests and Levites to do? 2 Chron. 24:5 ______________
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In what way
did the priests and the Levites not obey? 2 Chron. 24:5 __________
Why did the
king call for Jehoiada? 2 Chron. 24:6 _________________________
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What had
Athaliah's sons done to the house of God? 2 Chron. 24:7 ___________
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Who were the
dedicated things in the house of God given to? 2 Chron. 24:7 ____
At the king's
command what was made and set outside the gate of the house of
God? 2 Chron.
24:8 __________________________________________________
What was the
proclamation that was made? 2 Chron. 24:9 ___________________
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What was the
response of the princes and all the people? 2 Chron. 24:10 ________
How often did
the chest have to be emptied? 2 Chron. 24:11 __________________
What was the
extent of the money gathered? 2 Chron. 24:11 _________________
Who did
Jehoiada give the money to? 2 Chron. 24:12 _______________________
What did the
workmen accomplish? 2 Chron. 24:13 _________________________
After the
workmen were finished, what was done with the rest of the money?
2 Chron. 24:14
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How long did
the burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continue? 2 Chron. 24:14
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How old was
Jehoiada when he died? 2 Chron. 24:15 ________________________
Where was
Jehoiada buried? 2 Chron. 24:16 _______________________________
Why was
Jehoiada buried with the kings? 2 Chron. 24:16 _____________________
Who had
Jehoiada done good toward? 2 Chron. 24:16 _______________________
Who did the
king listen to after the death of Jehoiada? 2 Chron. 24:17 __________
What did the
leaders of Judah leave? 2 Chron. 24:18 ________________________
What did the
leaders of Judah serve? 2 Chron. 24:18 ________________________
What came
upon the leaders of Judah because of their trespass? 2 Chron. 24:18
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Who did God
send to bring the leaders back? 2 Chron 24:19 __________________
How did the
leaders respond to the prophets? 2 Chron. 24:19 _________________
Who came upon
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada? 2 Chron. 24:20 _______________
Why weren't
the people prospering? 2 Chron. 24:20 ________________________
Who had
forsaken the people? 2 Chron. 24:20 _____________________________
Why did the
Lord forsake the people? 2 Chron. 24:20 _______________________
What did they
do against Zechariah? 2 Chron. 24;21 ________________________
What did the
king command and where was it to be done? 2 Chron. 24:21 ______
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What didn't
Joash remember about Jehoiada? 2 Chron. 24:22 _________________
What did
Joash do to Jehoiada's son? 2 Chron. 24:22 ________________________
As he died,
what did Zechariah say? 2 Chron. 24:22 _________________________
Who came up
in the spring of the year against Joash? 2 Chron. 24:23 ___________
What did the
Syrians do to all the leaders of the people? 2 Chron. 24:23 ________
Where was the
spoil sent? 2 Chron. 24:23 ________________________________
How many
Syrians beat Judah s very big army?
Chron. 24:24 ________________
Who had delivered up Joash and his army? 2 Chron. 24:24
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How had the
Syrians left Joash? 2 Chron. 24:25 ____________________________
Who conspired
against Joash? 2 Chron. 24:25 _____________________________
Why did they
conspire against Joash? 2 Chron. 24:25 _______________________
Where did his
own servants kill Joash? 2 Chron. 24:25 ______________________
Where was
Joash buried? 2 Chron. 24:25 ________________________________
Where wasn't
Joash buried? 2 Chron. 24:25 ______________________________
What heritage
did the servants who conspired against Joash come from? 2 Chron.
24:26
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What is Joash
remembered for? 2 Chron. 24:27 ___________________________
What did
Amaziah do to the servants who killed his father, King Joash? 2 Chron.
25:1-3 ___________________________________________________________
Why didn t
Amaziah kill the servant s children as well? 2 Chron. 25:4 __________
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Should
parents die for their children s sin? 2 Chron. 25:4 ___________________
Should
children die for their parent s sin? 2 Chron. 25:4 ____________________
What is a
person put to death for? 2 Chron. 25:4 __________________________
The Next
Generations
Tell what
kind of king each of the following were:
(To get a
fuller picture of these kings look at 2 Chron. 25-36 and 2 Kings 14-25)
Amaziah 2
Chron. 25:1-2 ____________________________________________
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Uzziah 2
Chron. 26:3-5, 16 __________________________________________
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Jotham 2
Chron. 27:2, 6 ____________________________________________
Ahaz 2 Chron.
28:1-4 _______________________________________________
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Hezekiah 2
Chron. 29:1-2; 31:20-21 ___________________________________
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Manasseh 2
Chron. 33:1-2 ___________________________________________
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Amon 2 Chron.
33:21-25 ____________________________________________
Josiah 2
Chron. 34:1-2 ______________________________________________
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Jehoahaz 2
Kings 23:31-32 ____________________________________________
Jehoiakim 2
Chron. 36:5 _____________________________________________
Jehoiachin 2
Chron. 36:9 _____________________________________________
Zedekiah 2
Chron. 36:11-12 ___________________________________________
Some people
excuse their behavior because that is just the way my family is. Athaliah had
a wicked grandfather, father, and husband. The Bible does not say who her
mother was, but her father Ahab was married to Jezebel. He may have had other
wives as well. We don t know, but Athaliah if Jezebel wasn t her mother she probably
would have been her around and influenced by her. Having a bad family
background does not guarantee that one will be bad. An alcoholic father may
have two sons. One becomes an alcoholic saying, This is what I saw my father
doing. The other may never touch a drop of alcohol because he says, I saw
what alcohol did to my father.
There is an
interesting contrast between Athaliah and Jehosheba (Jehoshabeath). 2 Chron.
22:11 tells us Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram, the sister of
Ahaziah and the wife of Jehoiada the priest. It does not tell us whether
Athaliah was her mother or not. We know her father and brother did not follow
the Lord, but she saved her nephew Joash from Athaliah. She chose to follow the
Lord. We all must make a choice no matter how we were raised.
Athaliah s
grandson did what was right while Jehoiada the priest that raised him was
alive, but then he listened to the leaders of Judah and ended up killing
Jehoiada s son.
The following
generations of the kings of Judah had some kings who did what was right in the
eyes of the Lord and some who didn t. Some had godly fathers, and some didn t.
Each had to make the choice of how he would live. What is your choice?