2 Kings 15:10
in 2 Kings 15Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
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ASV
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him,.... A friend of his, as Josephus (q) calls him, encouraged by the dissatisfaction of the people to him: and smote him before the people, and slew him; in a public manner, the people consenting to it, and approving of it, not liking Zachariah to be their king: and reigned in his stead; though but a very short time. (q) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 1.
This site's exposition
conspired against Zechariah, struck him down
on 2 Kings 15:10-12
The house of Jehu ended where the LORD had said: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” The LORD spoke it at 2 Kings 10:30, after Jehu destroyed Ahab's house, and Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam the second and Zechariah are the four generations.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Before the people - i. e. openly and publicly. The Septuagint turns the original of the above words into a proper name, Keblaam, and makes him the actual assassin, but without much ground.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In his fate was fulfilled the prophecy addressed to Jehu (2Ki 10:30; also Ho 1:4), that his family would possess the throne of Israel for four generations; and accordingly Jehoahaz, Joash, Jehoram, and Zechariah were his successors--but there his dynasty terminated; and perhaps it was the public knowledge of this prediction that prompted the murderous design of Shallum.
Smote him before the people - In some public assembly: he probably became very unpopular.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And struck him before the people. [Targum Yonoson renders,] he struck him before the people [i.e.,] before the eyes of the people. 8 קבל in Aramaic means opposite, i.e., he struck him opposite the people.—Metzudas Tzion
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר | vaiyikshor | and he conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| עָלָיו֙ | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׁלֻּ֣ם | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יָבֵ֔שׁ | yavesh | Jabesh | H3003 → | 24 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| קָֽבָלְ־ | kavalam- | before | H6905 → | |
| עָ֖ם | ʾam | [the] people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ | vaymitehu | and he killed him | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤רand he conspired
vaiyikshorH7194 →44 times
עָלָיו֙on him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
שַׁלֻּ֣םShallum
shalumH7967 →27 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יָבֵ֔שׁJabesh
yaveshH3003 →24 times
וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּand he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
קָֽבָלְ־before
kavalam-H6905 →
עָ֖ם[the] people
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּand he killed him
vaymitehuH4191 →839 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 15:14Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
- 1 Kings 16:8–9
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
- 1 Kings 16:15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kings 15:33
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 16:17
Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 14:17
Through
2 Kings 9:31And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 16:9–20
However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 1 Kings 16:9–20
Through
Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:8–10
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
- Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- 2 Kings 15:8–10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.
