Athaliah

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[ath-uh-lahy-uh] / ˌæθ əˈlaɪ ə /

Douay Bible, Athalia

noun

1. (in the Bible) a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c.

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Etymology

Origin of Athaliah

From Hebrew ʿăthalyāh, perhaps “God is exalted”

Example Sentences

For the changes which we must in consequence of this assumption establish in the data of the reigns from Jeroboam and Rehoboam down to Athaliah and Jehu, i. e. in the period from 953 B.C. to 843 B.C., see below.

From Project Gutenberg

Athaliah hastened with the cry of treason into the temple.

From Project Gutenberg

The same augmentation must be made in the corresponding reign of Asa of Judah, or, rather, as the chronology of Judah from Rehoboam to Athaliah gives three years less than that from Jeroboam to Jehu, 15 years must be added to Asa instead of 12, so that his reign reaches 41 + 15 = 56, and Omri's reign 12 + 12 = 24 years.

From Project Gutenberg

When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, had tyrannized six years, at length Jehoiada, with others, made a conspiracy against her, to depose her, and make Joash king; which when it was discovered, she cried treason, treason, as indeed it would have been so, if she had been the lawful magistrate; for it was an attempt of subjects against her that had the possession of the sovereign power.

From Project Gutenberg

A second similar play followed, the “Athaliah”—the last, and, by general agreement, the most perfect work of its author.

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