Jehosheba, called Jehoshabeath, 2 Chronicles 22:11. The daughter of king Joram, to wit, by another wife, and not by this Athaliah; for it is not likely Jehoiada, who married her, 2 Chronicles 22:11, would have married one of that wicked and cursed house, except he were married very young, and therein overruled by his parents. Joash the son of Ahaziah: either,
1. His adopted and legal son, who was to succeed him, though he was of another house, and of Nathan's family, as many think; such persons being sometimes called the sons of their predecessors, as we shall see hereafter. Or rather,
2. His proper and natural son; for not only he, but the rest who were slain, are here called the king's (i.e. Joram s) sons. From among the king's sons which were slain; either,
1. From amidst of the carcasses, where this infant was laid, and supposed by her to be killed, though it was not quite dead, either through the compassion or connivance of the instruments of this execution, or by some other artifice which his nurse used. Or,
2. Out of that apartment of the palace which was allotted for the king's children. They hid him; Jehosheba and her husband Jehoiada. In the bed-chamber; which was in the house of the Lord, as is affirmed in the next verse. So that it was one of those chambers adjoining or near to the temple, which were for the uses of the priests and Levites, and for them only; which made it more proper for this purpose.