2 Kings 15:10

2 Kings 15:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
• New International Version (NIV)Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

Context of 2 Kings 15:10

8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 9And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. 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. 11Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12This was the word of the Lord which He spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it was.

2 Kings 15:10 word by word

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־יָבֵ֔שׁ וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ קָֽבָלְ־עָ֖ם וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Shallumשַׁלּוּםshallûm shallûm · ShallumH7967
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Jabeshיָבֵשׁyâbêsh yâbêysh · JabeshH3003
• conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• against him, and smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him beforeקָבָלqâbâl · beforeH6905
• the peopleעַם‛am · (Ibleam)-amH5971
• and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• him, and reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

People and places in 2 Kings 15:10

• Jabesh
• Shallum
• Ibleam

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:10

• Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
• 2 Kings 15:14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 9:24Now Jehu drew his bow with full strength and shot Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.
• 1 Kings 15:28Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
• 1 Kings 16:9Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.
• Hosea 1:4Then the Lord said to him: “Call his name Jezreel, For in a little while I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Smote him before the people - In some public assembly: he probably became very unpopular.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Before 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-31Verses 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 different from the allowed wickedness of ungodly men. Such is human nature, such are our hearts, if left to themselves, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. We have reason to be thankful for restraints, for being kept out of temptation, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam II, was not as skilled as his father. Zechariah continued the wrongdoings that the first Jeroboam had led Israel to commit. God had promised Jehu a royal line lasting four generations (2 Kings 10:30). Zechariah's six-month reign completed that promise.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel--There was an interregnum from some unknown cause between the reign of Jeroboam and the accession of his son, which lasted, according to some, for ten or twelve years, according to others, for twenty-two years, or more. This prince pursued the religious policy of the calf-worship, and his reign was short, being abruptly terminated by the hand…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:10

• Citizens
• Conspiracy
• Regicide
• Shallum
• Usurpation
• Zachariah

In the dictionaries

• Jabesh
• Shallum
• Zachariah
• Assyria
• Ben-
• Hosea
• Ibleam
• Shallum (2)
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Zechariah (2)

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings