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Shallum Rules in Israel

13 Shallum son of Jabesh began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. Shallum reigned in Samaria only one month. 14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.

15 The rest of the events in Shallum’s reign, including his conspiracy, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

Menahem Rules in Israel

16 At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah[a] and all the surrounding countryside as far as Tirzah, because its citizens refused to surrender the town. He killed the entire population and ripped open the pregnant women.

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  1. 15:16 As in some Greek manuscripts; Hebrew reads Tiphsah.

Shallum Reigns in Israel

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of (A)Uzziah[a] king of Judah, and he reigned one month in (B)Samaria. 14 Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from (C)Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place. 15 Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy that he made, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 16 At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, (D)and he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:13 Another name for Azariah