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2 Kings 15:10
And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him, and smote him before the people, not in secret, but in public, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him, and smote him before the people, not in secret, but in public, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Verse 2 Kings 15:10. _SMOTE HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE_] In some public assembly: he probably became very unpopular....
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....
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Reign and death of Azariah (Uzziah) (2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26)._ 2. Reign and death of Zachariah (2 Kings 15:8) 3. Reign and death of Shallum ...
LAST KINGS OF ISRAEL. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned but six months (2 Kings 15:8), and was killed by Shallum, probably, as LXX (L) reads, in Ibleam, instead of the Heb., which is doubtfully...
SMOTE HIM: as prophesied (Amos 7:9)....
_Shallum the son of Jabesh_ Nothing more is known of him than is given in this verse. The death of the last scion of the house of Jehu by the sword appears to be foretold in Amos 7:9, -I will rise aga...
I. ISRAEL SUBMITS TO ASSYRIA 15:16-31 The heyday period for Israel ended abruptly with the death of Jeroboam II. In the period from 753-722 B.C. Israel had six kings representing _five_ dynasties. In...
_AND SHALLUM THE SON OF JABESH CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM, AND SMOTE HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him - one of his generals....
SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 UZZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Uzziah, Amaziah’s son, began his rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 27th...
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...
וַ יִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן ־יָבֵ֔שׁ...
THE DYNASTY OF JEHU Jehoahaz 814-797 2 Kings 13:1 JOASH 797-781 2 Kings 13:10; 2 Kings 14:8 JEROBOAM II 781-740...
THE AGONY OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM 2 Kings 15:8 Shallum B. C. 740 MENAHEM B. C. 740-737 PEKAHIAH B. C. 757-735 PEKAH B. C.735-734 "Blood toucheth blood."- Hosea 4:2 "The revolters are pr...
“A LEPER UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH” 2 Kings 15:1 The reign of Azariah, or Uzziah, in Judah was very splendid. Fifty-two years of almost unbroken prosperity! The story is told in the glowing periods...
The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will, yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten w...
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and (e) slew him, and reigned in his stead. (e) Zachariah was the last in Israel, that had the kingdom by success...
_Place, having before taken his measures with the conspirators; (ver. 15.) so that he had not to fear the resentment of the people. He cut off the last king of the family of Jehu; (Haydock) probably a...
I bring the whole into this compass, not only for the sake of brevity, but because the observations which are suited to one reign more or less will suit them all. Short as this chapter is, the events...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
AND 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 HI...
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. Ver. 10. _And slew him, and reigned in his stead._] After whose death fol...
_Shallum the son of Jabesh_ Probably one of his chief captains; _conspired against him_ On what pretence is quite uncertain. _And smote him before the people_ Openly and impudently, which, it is likel...
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Leper, Iotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of Iehu his generation, reigning ill, is slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a moneth, is slaine by Menahe...
AZARIAH'S REIGN IN JUDAH (vv.1-17) The reign of Azariah began after Jereboam had reigned 27 years in Samaria. We have seen Azariah (Uzziah) was only 16 years old when he began to reign, and reigned...
8-31 This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very differe...
SHALLUM THE SON OF JABESH; one of his chief captains. BEFORE THE PEOPLE openly and impudently; which he presumed to do, either because he remembered that the promise of the kingdom made to Jehu was co...
2 Kings 15:10 Shallum H7967 son H1121 Jabesh H3003 conspired H7194 (H8799) struck H5221 (H8686) killed H4191 ...
THE REIGN OF ZECHARIAH KING OF ISRAEL C.753-752 BC. By the time of Zechariah the prophets Amos and Hosea were in full flow denouncing the sins of Israel, and to some extent those of Judah. From this p...
SMOTE As prophesied, (Amos 7:9)....
CONTENTS: Reign of Azariah and Jotham over Judah and Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Jotham, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pul, Pekahiah, Pekah, Rez...
2 Kings 15:1. _Azariah;_ that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:8 Israel’s Last Days. The Lord had promised Jehu that his descendants would reign after him to the “fourth generation” (2 Kings 10:30). Wit
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 15:10. ASSASSINATION OF ZACHARIAH BY THE CONSPIRATOR SHALLUM—The compound word rendered “_before the people_,” would seem to record a public act of regicide to...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 15:1 REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH; AND OF ZACHARIAH, SHALLUM, MENAHEM, PEKAHIAH, AND PE
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-two years (2 Kings 15:2). One of the longest reigns. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
1 Kings 15:28; 1 Kings 16:10; 1 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kin