Queen Atalja lets the King's children kill, Harmen Jansz Muller, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1646 print Atalja, who heard that her son King Achazja had died, instructs all King's children to kill so that she can become a queen. Soldiers kill the children on the stairs. On the left, Achazja's son Joas is saved by his aunt. On the stairs a reference to the Bible text in 2 Kon. 11: 1. At the bottom of the margin a verse in Latin over the show. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Athaliah has all the members of the royal family killed. Joash is rescued by his aunt Jehosheba

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