Case File: Jehosheba

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Subject Erac. 841 BC

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Case FileKGS-0011-J

ClearanceCOVENANT VIII

COVENANT CLASSIFIEDSEALED UNDER OATH

DECLASSIFIED

Name	JEHOSHEBA DAUGHTER OF JORAM
Aliases	WHO HID THE INFANT JOASH FROM ATHALIAH
Status	DECEASED / RESCUER OF THE ROYAL LINE

Birth	c. 9th Century BC	Marks & Identifiers	NONE RECORDED
Place of Birth	JERUSALEM	Hair	DARK
Tribe	TRIBE OF JUDAH	Eyes	DARK
Parentage	DAUGHTER OF KING JORAM, WIFE OF JEHOIADA	People	ISRAELITE
Occupation	PRINCESS / PRIEST'S WIFE	Species	HUMAN
Affiliation	HOUSE OF DAVID	Calling	A WOMAN WHO SAVED THE PROMISE
Primary Mission	HIDE THE LAST HEIR OF DAVID	Known Signs	THE STOLEN INFANT / THE SIX YEARS IN THE TEMPLE
Covenant Role	GUARDIAN OF THE DAVIDIC LAMP	Divine Access	PRESERVED THE LINE THROUGH WHICH MESSIAH WOULD COME

// Field Assessment

Divine Encounter Level	NONE RECORDED	Classification	PRINCESS / PROTECTOR
Covenant Status	FAITHFUL TO THE COVENANT	Known Miracles	NONE RECORDED
Divine Commission	SAVED THE ROYAL SEED	Threat Assessment	ATHALIAH'S SLAUGHTER OF THE HEIRS
Mission Status	THE HEIR PRESERVED	Archive Category	RESCUE / PROVIDENCE

// Administrative Notes

What Athaliah did when Ahaziah died: SHE AROSE AND DESTROYED ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY

Where she hid the child for six years: IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WHILE ATHALIAH REIGNED

Remarks:

When Ahaziah king of Judah was slain, his mother Athaliah rose up and destroyed all the royal offspring, seizing the throne for herself. In that hour the line of David hung by a thread.

But the subject, a daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, wife of Jehoiada the priest, took Joash the infant son of Ahaziah from among the king's sons who were about to be killed.

She stole him away with his nurse into a bedchamber, and then hid him in the house of the LORD, out of the reach of the murderous queen.

For six years the child was hidden in the temple under her care and her husband's, while Athaliah reigned over the land, never knowing that an heir of David still lived.

In the seventh year Jehoiada brought the boy out, crowned him, and Athaliah was put to death. The subject's courage had preserved the royal line, the lamp of David from which, in the fullness of time, the Messiah would come.

Primary Sources:

2 KINGS 11:1-3

Secondary References:

2 CHRONICLES 22:10-12

COVENANT
EYES ONLYRestricted // Sacred Record

// Lessons Learned

God preserves His promise through the courage of the faithful.
One brave act in a dark hour can save a whole future.
The line of the Redeemer was guarded by unseen, ordinary faithfulness.

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