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2 Kings 15:13

in 2 Kings 15

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Kings 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Shallum . . . reigned a full month--He was opposed and slain by Menahem, who, according to JOSEPHUS, was commander of the forces, which, on the report of the king's murder, were besieging Tirzah, a town twelve miles east of Samaria, and formerly a seat of the kings of Israel.

This site's exposition

he reigned in Samaria one full month

on 2 Kings 15:13-14

Shallum reigned in Samaria one full month, against Zechariah's six, and Menahem ended his reign by force, as it had begun. Menahem came from Tirzah, the old northern capital before Omri built Samaria, so the newer capital fell to a man out of the older one.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), one month of days measured his reign and then he was cut off; perhaps to this the prophet, who then lived, refers ( Hos. v. 7 ), Now shall a month devour them with their portions. That dominion seldom lasts long which is founded in blood and falsehood.

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Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah,.... The same with Azariah: he is sometimes called by one name, and sometimes by the other, see 2Ki 14:21, and he reigned a full month in Samaria: and no longer; so soon were the conspiracy against his sovereign, and the murder of him, punished.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He reigned a full month - Menahem is supposed to have been one of Zachariah’s generals. Hearing of the death of his master, when he was with the troops at Tirzah, he hastened to Samaria, and slew the murderer, and had himself proclaimed in his stead. But, as the people of Tiphsah did not open their gates to him, he took the place by assault; and as the text tells us, practiced the most cruel barbarities, even ripping up the women that were with child!

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And it was so. Not that his kingdom deserved to last that long, but to fulfill the word of the King, 9 I.e., the word of God stated in:30 above. as it is stated, ”So shall be My word, which will go forth from My mouth etc.” 10 Yeshayohu:11.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 15:12:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

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

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • שַׁלּ֤וּםShallum

    shalumH7967 →27 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יָבֵישׁ֙Jabesh

    yaveishH3003 →24 times

  • מָלַ֔ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙and nine

    vatesha'H8672 →58 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְעֻזִיָּ֖הof Uzziah

    leuziyahH5818 →27 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְand he reigned

    vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • יֶֽרַח־a month of

    yerach-H3391 →

  • יָמִ֖יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃in Samaria

    beshomeronH8111 →109 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Job 20:15

    He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 23:8

      You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

    • Matthew 27:3–4

      When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

  • Through

    Proverbs 28:2

    A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

    it leads to

    • Job 22:28–30

      Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

    • 1 Kings 16:8–29

      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.

    • Genesis 45:5–8

      And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

    • 2 Kings 15:8–31

      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.

  • Through

    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,

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 15:27

      Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

  • Through

    1 Kings 16:24

    He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 13:32

      for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.