Then Athaliah, mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy all the rest of Judah’s royal family. But Ahaziah’s sister, Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jerhoam, took Ahaziah’s infant son, Joash, and stole him away from the rest of the king’s children, who were about to be killed. She put Joah and his nurse in a bedroom. In this way, Jeosheba, wife of Jehoidia, the priest and sister of Azhaiah, hid the child so that Athaliah could not murder him. Joash remained hidden in the Temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land. (vv. 10-12, NLT)