² Jehosheba,^(A) who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s^(B) sister, secretly rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed. ³ Joash was in hiding with Jehosheba in the Lord’s temple six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.

¹² He brought out the king’s son, put the crown^(A) on him, gave him the testimony,^[a](B) and made him king. They anointed^(C) him and clapped their hands and cried, “Long live the king!”^(D)