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Can you please tell me why no one heard the baby Joash cry in the temple for 6 years? In the book of 2nd Kings11:1-3, and also 2nd Chronicles 22:10-12.
Hi Debra,
It's nice to hear from you.
2 Kings 11:3 tells us that Joash was hidden for 6 years, and 2 Kings 11:21 tells us that he was 7 years old when he began to reign. Therefore, Joash was not an infant, but was 1 year old when he was hidden in the temple. Does this mean he never made any noise? Probably not, though a 1 year old would be easier to manage than an infant. But he was in the temple, a place that Athaliah rarely, if ever, visited. And, even if he had been heard, the sounds of a young child would not necessarily reveal his lineage.
Scott
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