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Shallum’s Reign over Israel

12 This is what the Lord told Jehu: “Your children will sit on Israel’s throne for the next four generations.”[a] And that is what happened:[b] 13 Jabesh’s son Shallum began his reign in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of Uzziah,[c] king of Judah. He reigned a full month[d] in Samaria, 14 then Gadi’s son Menahem approached Samaria from Tirzah and attacked Jabesh’s son Shallum, executed him, and reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:12 The Heb. lacks generations
  2. 2 Kings 15:12 Lit. And so it was
  3. 2 Kings 15:13 Uzziah is an alternate spelling of Azariah (cf. 2King 15:1)
  4. 2 Kings 15:13 Lit. a lunar of days; i.e. one complete lunar month (through all four phases of the moon)