Athaliah
(fl. 9th cent BCE)
Queen of Judah (842-836 BCE). When her son
Ahaziah was murdered by
Jehu she seized power and murdered all her rivals except
Joash. Six years later she was killed when
Joash was crowned king in the Temple (II Kings 11:4-16; II Chronicles 23:1-5).
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok.