Sometimes it is the most obscure people who do the most glorious things. 

OK; so she really did not (literally) “save” the world.  (I knew that title might grab your attention.)  We know that only Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world.  But this woman that I will refer to did save the Messianic line from extinction.  Have you ever heard of her?  Her name is Jehoshabeath, and we read of her in 2 Chron. 22:11-12.

Athaliah, the wicked woman who usurped the throne of Judah, was in the process of murdering all the sons of the now-deceased legitimate Davidic king (whose name was Ahaziah).  Ahaziah had perished, in a foolish effort to visit the evil king of Israel (whose name was Joram).  God Himself specifically “ordained” Ahaziah’s “downfall,” (see 2 Chron. 22:7).

Ahaziah was actually Athaliah’s son; and Athaliah then began the project of seeking to murder all of the king’s (her son’s) sons (the sons of Ahaziah).  These would be her grandsons; right? . . . Jehoshabeath, on the other hand, was the daughter of Jehoram, so she was a sister of Ahaziah and some kind of relative [daughter?] of Athaliah. 

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