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11-12 (A) So the Lord had kept his promise to Jehu that the next four kings of Israel would come from his family.[a]

Everything else Zechariah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

King Shallum of Israel

13 Shallum became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah's[b] rule in Judah. But only one month after Shallum became king, 14-16 Menahem son of Gadi came to Samaria from Tirzah and killed him. Menahem then became king. The town of Tiphsah would not surrender to him, so he destroyed it and all the surrounding towns as far as Tirzah. He killed everyone living in Tiphsah, and with his sword he even ripped open pregnant women.

Everything else Shallum did while he was king, including his plot against Zechariah, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 15.11,12 So the Lord … family: See 10.28-31.
  2. 15.13 Azariah's: The Hebrew text has “Uzziah's,” another spelling of the name.

12 So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled:(A) “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”[a]

Shallum King of Israel

13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria(B) one month. 14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah(C) up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated(D) him and succeeded him as king.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:12 2 Kings 10:30