INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 11 This chapter relates how that Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, being hid and preserved, when his grandmother murdered all the seed royal, after six years was produced, Kg2 11:1, when Jehoiada the priest set a sufficient guard about him, and the king's house, and anointed him king, Kg2 11:4, and Athaliah his grandmother, who had reigned six years, was put to death by the order of the priest, Kg2 10:13, and then a covenant was made between the Lord, and the king, and the people, and between the king and the people; and he was placed on the throne, to the satisfaction of the people, and the quiet thereof, Kg2 10:17.