2 Kings 15:11

11 And the residue of the words of Zachariah, whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:11

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah
During his six months' reign, and what he might do before in the interregnum:

behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel:
for be they more or fewer, good or bad, they were all recorded there which were of any moment.

2 Kings 15:11 In-Context

9 And he did that, that was evil before the Lord, as his fathers did; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, that made Israel to do sin.
10 Forsooth Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him in Samaria; and Shallum smote him before the people, and killed him, and reigned for him.
11 And the residue of the words of Zachariah, whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Israel?
12 This is the word of the Lord, which he spake to Jehu, and said, Thy sons till to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of thee of Israel; and it was done so. (This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, and said, Thy sons unto the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel; and so it was done.)
13 Shallum, the son of Jabesh, reigned in the ninth and thirty year of Azariah, king of Judah; soothly he reigned one month in Samaria. (Shallum, the son of Jabesh, began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, or Uzziah, the king of Judah; and he reigned for one month in Samaria.)
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