2 Kings 15:10
New International Version
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

New Living Translation
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

English Standard Version
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.

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.

King James Bible
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

New King James Version
Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck and killed him in front of the people; and he reigned in his place.

New American Standard Bible
Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him in the presence of the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.

NASB 1995
Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.

NASB 1977
Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and put him to death and became king in his place.

Amplified Bible
But Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him in the presence of the people and reigned in his place.

Christian Standard Bible
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against Zechariah and killed him in public. Shallum then became king.

English Revised Version
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Shallum, son of Jabesh, plotted against Zechariah, attacked him at Kabal Am, killed him, and succeeded him as king.

Good News Translation
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against King Zechariah, assassinated him at Ibleam, and succeeded him as king.

International Standard Version
So Jabesh's son Shallum conspired against him and attacked him in full view of the people, killed him, and reigned in his place.

Majority 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.

NET Bible
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam and took his place as king.

New Heart English Bible
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Shallum son of Jabesh conspires against him, and strikes him before the people, and puts him to death, and reigns in his stead.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Shallum son of Jabesh will conspire against him, and strike him before the people, and kill him, and reign in his stead.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sellum the son of Jabes conspired against him: and struck him publicly and killed him, and reigned in his place.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him. And he struck him openly, and killed him. And he reigned in his place.

New American Bible
Shallum, son of Jabesh, plotted against him and struck him down at Ibleam. He killed him and reigned in his place.

New Revised Standard Version
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him down in public and killed him, and reigned in place of him.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and smote him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his stead.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Shallum son of Yabish rebelled against him and struck him in front of the people and killed him, and he became king after him.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Sellum the son of Jabis and others conspired against him, and they smote him in Keblaam, and slew him, and he reigned in his stead.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Zechariah Reigns in Israel
9And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. 10Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place. 11As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.…

Cross References
2 Kings 12:20-21
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla. / His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 14:19-20
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. / They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

2 Kings 21:23-24
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace. / But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Kings 9:24-27
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot. / And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him: / ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.” ...

2 Kings 23:29-30
During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo. / From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

2 Chronicles 25:27-28
From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. / They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

2 Chronicles 33:24-25
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace. / But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

Hosea 1:4
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

1 Kings 15:28-29
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place. / As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

1 Kings 16:9-10
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. / So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:18-19
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died / because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

Matthew 14:3-12
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, / because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” / Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet. ...

Mark 6:17-29
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. / For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!” / So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable, ...

Luke 3:19-20
But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done, / Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.


Treasury of Scripture

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

A.

Amos 7:9
And 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.

2 Kings 15:14,25,30
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…

2 Kings 9:24,31
And 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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2 Kings 15
1. Azariah's good reign
5. He dying a leper, is succeeded by Jotham
8. Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by Shallum
13. Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Nenahem
16. Menahem strengthens himself by Pul
21. Pekahiah succeeds him
23. Pekahiah is slain by Pekah
27. Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea
32. Jotham's good reign
36. Ahaz succeeds him














Then Shallum son of Jabesh
The name "Shallum" in Hebrew means "retribution" or "recompense," which is fitting given his actions in this verse. Shallum's lineage, being the son of Jabesh, is significant as it highlights the often tumultuous and dynastic nature of Israel's monarchy during this period. Historically, this era was marked by political instability and frequent coups, reflecting the broader spiritual decline of the nation. The mention of his father, Jabesh, may indicate a family of some standing or influence, though not much is known about Jabesh himself. This introduction sets the stage for the violent and abrupt change in leadership that follows.

conspired against him
The act of conspiracy here is a common theme in the narratives of the kings of Israel and Judah. The Hebrew root for "conspired" is "קָשַׁר" (qashar), which means to bind or tie together, often in secret. This suggests a premeditated and covert plan, highlighting the treacherous nature of political life in the divided kingdom. Conspiracy in the biblical context often points to a lack of trust in God's ordained leadership and a reliance on human scheming. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from divine guidance and the chaos that ensues when leaders seek power through deceit and violence.

struck him down and killed him
This phrase underscores the violent means by which Shallum seized power. The Hebrew verb "נָכָה" (nakah) for "struck" implies a decisive and forceful action, often used in the context of military or judicial execution. The repetition of "struck" and "killed" emphasizes the brutality and finality of Shallum's actions. It reflects the moral and spiritual decay of the kingdom, where murder becomes a tool for political gain. This act of regicide is a stark reminder of the fragility of human power and the inevitable judgment that follows such bloodshed, as seen throughout the biblical narrative.

and reigned in his place
Shallum's brief reign, as indicated by this phrase, was marked by the same instability that characterized his rise to power. The Hebrew word "מָלַךְ" (malak) for "reigned" suggests a position of authority and governance, yet Shallum's rule lasted only a month (as detailed in the subsequent verses). This fleeting reign serves as a cautionary tale about the temporary nature of power obtained through unrighteous means. It highlights the biblical principle that true leadership is established by God and that human attempts to usurp divine authority ultimately lead to downfall and disorder.

(10) Son of Jabesh.--Not man of Jabesh Gilead, as Hitzig explains. The father's name is always given in the case of usurpers.

Before the people.--Rather, before people--i.e., in public. So all the versions except the LXX. The open assassination of the king is noted, in contrast with the secrecy with which former conspiracies had been concerted. It is a symptom of the rapidly-increasing corruption of morals, which allowed people to look on with indifference while the king was being murdered. (The LXX. puts the Hebrew words into Greek letters thus: ???????. The word qobol--"before"--is Aramaic rather than Hebrew, and only occurs here. Ewald acutely conjectured that Qobol'?m--"before people"--was really the proper name of another usurper, comparing Zechariah 11:8, "the third king during that month;" but in that case the narrative is hardly coherent of complete. Gratz suggests the correction "in Ibleam."

Verse 10. - And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him. Josephus calls Shallum Zachariah's "friend," but otherwise adds nothing to the present narrative. And smote him before the people. The phrase employed is very unusual, and has justly excited suspicion. It was not understood by the LXX., who translate ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν Κεβλαάμ, which gives no sense. Ewald sought to solve the difficulty by inventing a king, "Zobolam," but other critics have found this expedient too bold. The rendering of our translators is generally accepted, though qobal, "before," only occurs here and in Daniel. If we accept this rendering, we must suppose that the act of violence was done openly, like Jehu's murder of Jehoram. And slew him, and reigned in his stead (comp. ver. 13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Shallum
שַׁלֻּ֣ם (šal·lum)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7967: Shallum -- the name of a number of Israelites

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jabesh
יָבֵ֔שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3003: Jabesh -- a place in Gilead, also an Israelite

conspired
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר (way·yiq·šōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

against Zechariah
עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and struck him down
וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ (way·yak·kê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

and killed him
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ (way·mî·ṯê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

in front of
קָֽבָלְ־ (qā·ḇā·lə·‘ām)
Pd | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6904: Something in front, a military siege engine

the people
עָ֖ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and became king
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (way·yim·lōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

in his place.
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (taḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of


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