And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
Ver. 3. And he was with her hid, &c., ] i.e., With his aunt Jehosheba, 2Ki 11:2 a king's daughter, and yet a priest's wife. Athaliah either believed that Joash was slain with the rest of his brethren, or else she held it no policy to hold that he was alive, lest the people should hanker and hearken after him.