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Shallum

Shallum

King

Era
Divided Monarchy
Tribe
not named in scripture
Roles
Kingdom
Israel
Dynasty
Reign
c. 752 BC

approximate - Thiele

Father
Mother
not named in scripture

Biography

Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down before the people, killed him, and reigned in his place . He became king in the 39th year of Uzziah king of Judah and reigned 1 month in Samaria .

Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah, entered Samaria, struck down Shallum, killed him, and reigned in his place . The account preserves the rest of Shallum's acts and his conspiracy as written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel .

In Scripture

Place in the Line

Parsed ancestry reaches Jabesh; it does not yet reach Adam.