Hatshepsut’s brother got sicker and sicker, and one day he died. He had only been pharaoh for four years. Before he died, he told Hatshepsut that he wanted his son to be the next pharaoh. But his son was just a baby. So Hatshepsut said to the Egyptians, “I will help my brother’s son rule Egypt until he is old enough to be pharaoh on his own.”
