Ahaziah had a half sister, Jehosheba, who was married to a priest named Jehoiada. She secretly rescued one of Ahaziah's sons, Joash, took him away from the other princes who were about to be murdered and hid him and a nurse in a bedroom at the Temple. By keeping him hidden, she saved him from death at the hands of Athaliah.

They intend to invade Judah, terrify the people into joining their side, and then put Tabeel's son on the throne.

"But I, the LORD, declare that this will never happen.

And that is how God will bless my descendants, because he has made an eternal covenant with me, an agreement that will not be broken, a promise that will not be changed. That is all I desire; that will be my victory, and God will surely bring it about.

I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

"But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,

then I will punish them for their sins; I will make them suffer for their wrongs.

I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.

"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.

I will increase the number of descendants of my servant David and the number of priests from the tribe of Levi, so that it will be as impossible to count them as it is to count the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore."

"Have you noticed how people are saying that I have rejected Israel and Judah, the two families that I chose? And so they look with contempt on my people and no longer consider them a nation.

And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again."

When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son.

You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.' "

And I will not take the whole kingdom away from him; instead, I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have made my own."

but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

but the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that his descendants would always continue to rule.

You made a solemn promise to David--- a promise you will not take back: "I will make one of your sons king, and he will rule after you.

Here I will make one of David's descendants a great king; here I will preserve the rule of my chosen king.

I will cover his enemies with shame, but his kingdom will prosper and flourish."

He has provided for us a mighty Savior, a descendant of his servant David.

and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace."