2 Kings 11:2-4

Common English Bible

² But Jehosheba, King Jehoram’s^[a] daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly took Ahaziah’s son Jehoash^[b] from the rest of the royal children who were about to be murdered and hid^[c] him in a bedroom along with his nurse. In this way Jehoash was hidden from Athaliah and wasn’t murdered. ³ He remained hidden with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country.

⁴ But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him at the Lord’s temple. He made a covenant with them, and made them swear a solemn pledge in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.