4 Kings 11:3
And he was with her six years hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Eratque cum ea sex annis clam in domo Domini : porro Athalia regnavit super terram.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτῆς ἐν οἴκῳ κρυβόμενος ἓξ ἔτη· καὶ Γοθολία βασιλεύουσα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְהִ֤י אִתָּהּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה מֹלֶ֥כֶת עַל הָאָֽרֶץ
Haydock's commentary
Lord. The case was so extraordinary, that he high priest dispensed with a woman lodging in those apartments.
Land, for six years, by usurpation. Women were commonly excluded, and she was not of the race of David, 4 Kings viii. 26. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
The Apostolic Constitutions Book II. Of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons, Sec. I. On Examining Candidates for the Episcopal Office
I . But concerning bishops, we have heard from our Lord, that a pastor who is to be ordained a bishop for the churches in every parish, must be unblameable, unreprovable, free from all kinds of wickedness common among men, not under fifty years of age; for such a one is in good part past youthful disorders, and the slanders of the heathen, as well as the reproaches which are sometimes cast upon many persons by some false brethren, who do not consider the word of God in the Gospel: “Whosoever speaketh an idle word shall give an account thereof to the Lord in the day of judgment.” And again: “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Let him therefore, if it is possible , be well educated; but if he be unlettered, let him at any rate be skilful in the word, and of competent age. …
St Gregory the Great The Book of Pastoral Rule, Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared
So much, then, have we briefly said, to shew how great is the weight of government, lest whosoever is unequal to sacred offices of government should dare to profane them, and through lust of pre-eminence undertake a leadership of perdition. For hence it is that James affectionately deters us, saying, Be not made many masters, my brethren ( James iii. 1 ). Hence the Mediator between God and man Himself, He who, transcending the knowledge and understanding even of supernal spirits, reigns in heaven from eternity, on earth fled from receiving a kingdom. For it is written, When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force, to make Him a king, He departed again into the mountain Himself alone ( Joh. vi. 15 ). …