2 Kings 15:13-15

B. THE ONE MONTH REIGN OF SHALLUM 15:13-15

TRANSLATION

(13) Shallum the son of Jabesh ruled in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. (14) And 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 place. (15) And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he made behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

COMMENTS

The thirty-day reign of Shallum receives, as might be expected, scant attention from the author of Kings. Hearing of his conspiracy, Menahem, the general as Josephus calls him, marched from Tirzah to Samaria, got Shallum into his power, and put him to death (2 Kings 15:14). The account of Shallum then concludes with the usual formula (2 Kings 15:15).

Fifteenth King of Israel
SHALLUM BEN JABESH
752 B.C.
(Requital)

2 Kings 15:13-15

Synchronism
Shallum = Uzziah 39
Contemporary Prophet
Hosea

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Proverbs 17:11