“But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.” — 2 Kings 11: 2

DIVINELY EXEMPTED

It is instructive to observe that whereas Athaliah set out to destroy the entire seed royal, Joash was not killed along with the rest. There was a plan to wipe out every son of the royal family, but Joash was not wiped out. There was a plan to destroy the people who had potentials to be king...