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Menahem then became king in Shallum's stead. In the Books of Kings (2 Kings, Chapter 15, verses 10, 13-14) Shallum's father is identified as Jabesh. However, the passage may instead mention a toponym, identifying that Shallum was "the son" of a city called Jabesh. [1] In this view, Shallum may have originated from Jabesh-Gilead. The city is ...
Jehoahaz III of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז, Yǝhōʾāḥāz, "Yahweh has held"; Greek: Ιωαχαζ Iōakhaz; Latin: Joachaz), also called Shallum, [1] was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son [2] of king Josiah whom he succeeded. [3] His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born ...
Shallum ("retribution") was the name of several people of the Old Testament. ... Salem (1 Esdras 8:1) and (in the King James Bible) Sadamias. [2] References
2 Kings 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
Menahem's ten-year reign is told in 2 Kings 15:14–22.When Shallum conspired against and assassinated Zechariah in Samaria, and set himself upon the throne of the northern kingdom, Menahem—who, like Shallum, had served as a captain in Zechariah's army—refused to recognize the murderous usurper.
Huldah's prophetic oracle identifies the words the King of Judah heard (2 Kings 22:18) with what Yahweh had spoken (2 Kings 22:19). According to William E. Phipps, Huldah is the first person to declare certain writings to be Holy Scripture. [7]
In the Books of Kings (2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 15:13–14) Shallum of Israel's father is identified as Jabesh. However, the passage may instead mention a toponym, identifying that Shallum was "the son" of a city called Jabesh. In this view, Shallum may have originated from Jabesh-Gilead. [9]
Shallum was succeeded by Eliakim, under the name Jehoiakim. [19] [20] Jehoiakim was succeeded by his own son Jeconiah. [21] Nebuchadnezzar II deposed Jeconiah and installed his uncle Mattanyahu on the throne, under the name Zedekiah. [22] Zedekiah was the last king of Judah before the kingdom was conquered by Babylon and the people exiled.