Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
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- KJV Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
- BSB In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
- NKJV Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
- NASB Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for one month in Samaria.
- NLT Shallum son of Jabesh began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. Shallum reigned in Samaria only one month.
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Shallum son of Jabesh reigned over Israel for just one month in Samaria.
Overview
Shallum's reign of a single month is even shorter than Zechariah's, deepening the picture of Israel's political collapse. The throne, seized by violence, is held only briefly before another conspirator strikes. This rapid turnover dramatizes a kingdom in free-fall, reaping the instability that follows departure from God.
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- 2 Kgs 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
- Matt 1:8–9Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
- 2 Kgs 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
- Job 20:15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
- Prov 28:17A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
- 1 Kgs 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- Ps 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
- Prov 28:2In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
- 1 Kgs 16:24He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
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