For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
Ver. 7. For the sons of Athaliah.] This they might do before they were slain by the Arabians. 2Ch 21:17 Her son Ahaziah, who escaped them, was wholly ruled by her. Jerome and Lyra by her sons understand her Baal's priests, whom she cherished and chuckered as if they had been born of her body.