KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Shallum son of Jabesh conspireth against him, and smiteth him before the people, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This [was] the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth [generation]. And so it came to pass.
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.
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וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤רH7194 · qa.sharto conspireעָלָיו֙H5921 · aluponשַׁלֻּ֣םH7967 · shal.lumShallumבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיָבֵ֔שׁH3003 · ya.veshJabesh (Gilead)וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּH5221 · na.khahto smiteקָֽבָלְ־H6905 · qa.valIbleעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleוַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּH4191 · mutto dieוַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignתַּחְתָּֽיו׃H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.2 Kings 9:31And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?2 Kings 15:25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.1 Kings 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.2 Kings 15:14For 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.Hosea 1:4-5And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.Amos 7:9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.1 Kings 16:9-10And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.2 Kings 9:24And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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