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2 Kings 15:10

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 15:10

Verse 10 of 38

Scripture focus

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 15:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 15:10

Theological / Devotional

Shallum. Nothing is known of Shallum’s ancestry. The father’s name offers no clue.

Before the people. Heb. qabal-‘am. This Hebrew phrase is not translated in some of the Greek manuscripts, which, however, add the name Keblaam after Jabesh. A later version reads en Ieblaam, “in Ibleam” (see ch. 9:27). The Hebrew suggests that the assassination was carried out in public. The procedure is an indication of the terrible corruption and uncertainty of the times. Human life was cheap and blood flowed freely.

In the death of Zachariah the prediction was fulfilled, that the Lord would “avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu” (Hosea 1:4); also the forecast that God would “rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword” (Amos 7:9).

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