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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- KJV And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
- BSB Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
- NASB Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him in the presence of the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- NLT Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.
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Quick answer
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down publicly, killed him, and seized the throne.
Overview
Zechariah's assassination ends the dynasty of Jehu, fulfilling God's word that it would extend only to the fourth generation (10:30; 15:12). The brazen public murder inaugurates an era of bloody coups in Israel. The event displays both the precision of God's prophetic word and the lawless violence that flows from a nation abandoning Him.
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- 2 Kgs 9:31As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
- 2 Kgs 15:30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 1 Kgs 16:9–10His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
- 1 Kgs 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.
- Hos 1:4–5Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
- 2 Kgs 9:24Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
- 2 Kgs 15:14Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kgs 15:25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place.
- Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
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