1st Reading: 2 Kings (11:1-4, 9-18, 20) Athaliah seized the crown by violence. When she is executed, the covenant is renewed When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family. But Jehosheba, King Joram’s daughter, Ahaziah’s sister, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him…