2 Kings 15:10

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,^[a] assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

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2 Kings 15:10 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

10 Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.

NLT

10 Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

MSG

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public view, and took over as king.

CSB

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:10

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him
A friend of his, as Josephus ^F17 calls him, encouraged by the dissatisfaction of the people to him:

and smote him before the people, and slew him;
in a public manner, the people consenting to it, and approving of it, not liking Zachariah to be their king;

and reigned in his stead;
though but a very short time.

FOOTNOTES:

F17 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 1.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 15:10 In-Context

8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.

9 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

11 The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

12 So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”

Cross References 1

1. S 2 Kings 12:20

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts "in Ibleam"