Athaliah

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Athaliah is briefly mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin in 1Chronicles 8. He is listed among the descendants of Jeroham, who was a member of the family of Saul, the first king of Israel. This genealogical record traces the lineage of Saul and his relatives, providing insight into the family structure of the Benjamite clan from which Israel's first monarch came.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Athaliah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” (2 Chr. 21:6), called “daughter” of Omri (2 Kings 8:26). On the death of her husband and of her son Ahaziah, she resolved to seat herself on the vacant throne. She slew all Ahaziah’s children except Joash, the youngest (2 Kings 11:1,2). After a reign of six years she was put to death in an insurrection (2 Kings 11:20; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:10-12; 23:15), stirred up among the people in connection with Josiah’s being crowned as king.

(2.) Ezra 8:7. (3.) 1 Chr. 8:26.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.