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Shallum

Mentioned in 771 BC traditional (Jones)

The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He “conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 15:10).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Jabesh
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4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

3 events in which Shallum takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 771 BCDeath of Zachariah2 Kgs 15:10
  2. 771 BCReign of Shallum2 Kgs 15:10
  3. 771 BCDeath of Shallum2 Kgs 15:14

Places

Places named in the same verses as Shallum, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Samaria2
  2. likely location: Tirzah1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 796–746 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Kings4

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBShallum 27
KJVShallum 27
ASVShallum 27

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Every verse

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2 Kings4 verses
  1. 15:10

    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. 15:13

    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.

  3. 15:14

    Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

  4. 15:15

    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.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He “conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only “a month of days in Samaria” (15:13, marg.). Menahem rose up against Shallum and put him to death (2 Kings 15:14, 15, 17), and became king in his stead.