Story: "The only reigning Hebrew queen: The wicked life and violent death of Athaliah."

[mdgspencer]

The only reigning Hebrew queen: The wicked life and violent death of Athaliah

The people of Israel and Judah were not really fond of their queens, judging by the stories about them.

www.christiantoday.com

“Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family.” And that is what she did. This is how her story in the Bible begins, with mass murder, of a queen Israel was better without.

 

[BartholomewB]

Your link desribes Athaliah as “ the only woman who reigned over one of the Hebrew kingdoms in her own name.” But is that strictly true? I don’t think so. There was a later queen who ruled in the Hasmonean period. When Alexander Jannaeus died in 76 BC the throne passed to his widow, Salome Alexandra, who reigned for nine years until her death in 67.
http://virtualreligion.net/iho/hasmon2.html