Zechariah over Israel

(A)In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. 10 Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and (B)struck him before the people and [a]killed him, and reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:10 Lit smote

11 For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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