Shallum (son of Jabesh)

Shallum (son of Jabesh) is a king living at the time of the divided monarchy. He is named in 4 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 15:10.

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Verses

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 15:10
  And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 15:13
  Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
• 2 Kings 15:14
  For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 15:15
  And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Notes

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