Athaliah or Athalie (Hebrew: ʻAṯalyā (עֲתַלְיָה), "God is exalted") was the queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years. Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. Jehoram of Judah (יהורם המלך was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and the son of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Kings 816 William F. Albright has dated her reign to 842 BC – 837 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841 BC – 835 BC. William Foxwell Albright ( May 24, 1891 – September 19 / September 20, 1971) was an American archaeologist, Events and trends 845 BC — Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron. Events and trends 836 BC — Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni. Edwin R Thiele (1895&ndash1986 was an American Missionary in China, an editor, archaeologist, writer and Old Testament professor Events and trends 845 BC — Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron. Events and trends 836 BC — Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni. Athaliah was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel; her marriage to Jehoram sealed a treaty between Israel and Judah. Ahab (or Ach'av or) was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ( 1 Kings 1629-34 Jezebel ( is the name of two women in the Bible. In the Hebrew Scriptures In the Tanakh (the Hebrew Scriptures and The Kingdom of Israel ( ( KJV Israel in Samaria) was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also often called the 'Kingdom of Israel' A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations.

Jehoram, a descendant of King David, actively promoted the worship of Yahweh in his country, but he tolerated Athaliah's worship of Baal. David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible For information about Yahweh see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links Ba'al (pronounced; Hebrew בעל (ordinarily spelled Baal in English is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" After Jehoram's death, their son Ahaziah became Judah's king with Athaliah acting as queen mother. This entry is not about King Ahaziah of Israel. Ahaziah of Judah (אחזיהו המלך was king of Judah, and the son of Jehoram and Queen mother is a title or position reserved for a widowed Queen consort (a Queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch She used her power in that role to establish the worship of Baal in Judah after Ahaziah was killed in a state visit to Israel along with the then-king of Israel, also named Jehoram, who was Athaliah's brother. Jehoram (or Joram) was the king of Israel ( 2 Kings 816 25 28f and he was the son of Ahab and Jezebel. Jehu assassinated them both in Yahweh's name and had Athaliah's entire extended family in Israel murdered. ' Yehu redirects here for the instrument see Yehu (instrument.

Athaliah, as queen of Judah, had all possible successors to David executed except one. However, a grandson of hers named Jehoash was rescued from the purge by Jehosheba, Ahaziah's sister, and was raised in secret by the priest Jehoiada. Jehoash (יהואש המלך ("Jehovah-given" sometimes written Joash was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and sole surviving son of Ahaziah Jehoiada is the name of two priests in the Hebrew Bible First Jehoiada The first Jehoiada lived around the time of Kings Saul and David Six years later, Athaliah was surprised when Jehoiada revealed Jehoash and proclaimed him king of Judah. She rushed to stop this rebellion, but was captured and executed.

Though the Bible presents her as a negative character, not to be emulated, "Athaliah" is attested, though infrequently, as a female first name in contemporary Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

French tragedian Jean Racine wrote a 1691 play about this Biblical queen, entitled Athalie. Jean Racine ( ( December 22, 1639 &ndash April 21, 1699) was a French Dramatist, one of the "big three" of

The musician and composer Handel composed a 1733 oratorio based on her life, called Athalia, calling her a "Baalite Queen of Judah Daughter of Jezebel. Athalia ( HWV 52 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel, his third in this genre " Baal was the fertility god of the Canaanites, whom the ancient Israelites often fell into worshipping in the Old Testament. Ba'al (pronounced; Hebrew בעל (ordinarily spelled Baal in English is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord"

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• II Paralipomenon 22:1-23:15
• Josheph, Antiquitates iudaicae viii-ix
• Hebrew Bible - her story of her actions are told in 2 Kings 8:16 – 11:16
• Virginia Brown's translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Famous Women, pp. The Davidic line, known in Hebrew as Malkhut Beit David (מלכות בית דויד( "Monarchy of the House of David") refers to the The Tribe of Judah ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height it was the leading tribe of the Kingdom of Judah, and occupied most of the territory of the kingdom This entry is not about King Ahaziah of Israel. Ahaziah of Judah (אחזיהו המלך was king of Judah, and the son of Jehoram and Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. William Foxwell Albright ( May 24, 1891 – September 19 / September 20, 1971) was an American archaeologist, Edwin R Thiele (1895&ndash1986 was an American Missionary in China, an editor, archaeologist, writer and Old Testament professor Gershon Galil is the senior lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern history and chairman of the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa, Mount Jehoash (יהואש המלך ("Jehovah-given" sometimes written Joash was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and sole surviving son of Ahaziah The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic The Books of Kings ( Sefer Melachim, ספר מלכים are a part of Judaism 's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. 102-106; Harvard University Press 2001; ISBN 0-674-01130-9
• Athalia, by Handel; The New Oxford Annotated Bible, third edition (2001), page 582.